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A new mobile app helps volunteers track down plastic littered along the Irish coast.
A CSIRO study has found 39% less plastic pollution in and around Australian coastal cities over ten years. It also found more places with no rubbish at all.
Paper straws aren’t a viable alternative to plastic. But a single fail won’t change the trajectory.
And why wildlife may be the biggest beneficiary.
Understanding how plastic pollution moves in rivers is key to effective cleanup strategies.
Some littering is conscious, some is created unintentionally. Tackling the reason it was created could make clean-up tactics more effective.
Making it easier for people to refill containers is key to slowing the tide of packaging waste.
The plastic industry uses powerful tactics to convince us it’s not that bad, but in reality many of their green solutions aren’t working.
Tossing something into your recycling bin that can’t be processed does more harm than good.
Masks are back in wider use in the UK and elsewhere. Our research highlights the need to dispose of them correctly.
In Australia alone, it’s estimated up to 8.9 billion butts are littered each year. A new report finds a mandatory product stewardship scheme can cut this by around half.
Making environmentally friendly choices is complex: here’s a guide to help you at home or out shopping.
This automated approach can be used in any other city around the world, helping to reduce how much waste enters local waterways and reaches the ocean.
We need to focus on causes like overconsumption, not the material itself.
As face marks and coverings become compulsory worldwide, littering and their potential impact on the environment increases.
We found plastic waste in pellets seabirds regurgitated and lining the nests where they raise chicks.
Researchers who visited parks throughout Alberta’s bear and cougar country want to know if parks education is improving park-friendly behaviour.
Releasing balloons at weddings and other celebrations is festive, until they break into pieces and become plastic pollution. A citizen science project is spotlighting the problem.
Climate change, globalization and concerns about rat poison soon could drive rat infestations to levels not seen in centuries. One way to curb them is getting humans to stop wasting food.
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Lecturer in Environmental Geography, Birkbeck, University of London; King's College London
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Senior Principal Research Scientist, Environment, CSIRO
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Associate Professor, Department of Geography, University of Nottingham
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Associate Professor of Bioethics, University of Portsmouth
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Senior Principal Research Scientist, CSIRO
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Associate professor, University of Portsmouth
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Lecturer in Geography, Loughborough University
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Senior Lecturer in Management, University of Kent
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Adjunct Associate Professor of Public Health, Victoria University
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Professor of Environmental Politics, University of Manchester, University of Manchester
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Research Scientist, Oceans and Atmospheres, CSIRO
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Director, BehaviourWorks, Monash Sustainable Development Institute, Monash University
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Professor in Oceanography and Public Engagement, Utrecht University
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Director of Health Programs, BehaviourWorks Australia; Lead, Monash-McMaster Social Systems Evidence Collaboration, Monash Sustainable Development Institute, Monash University
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Honorary Professor of Planning, The University of Queensland