The war on straws is an example of ‘eco-ableism’ – when environmental measures create an extra burden on people with disability.
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How to make England’s new ban a success.
Most single-use plastics produced worldwide since the 1970s have ended up in landfills and the natural environment. Recycling is not a silver bullet.
Halloween has become yet another consumption ritual – but you can choose to celebrate it sustainably.
Placing plastic straws, a life sustaining accessibility tool, under the same restrictions for sale as tobacco products is overly harsh, and detrimental to the dignity and inclusion of disabled people
Nigeria generates 2.5 million tonnes of plastic waste yearly. Research and public enlightenment can help address the problem.
Representatives of 175 countries voted to start developing a global treaty to reduce plastic waste. Treaties addressing mercury, long-range air pollution and ozone depletion offer some lessons.
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.
Litter hotspots were associated with socioeconomic factors such as a concentration of built infrastructure, less national wealth and the level of lighting at night.
Making environmentally friendly choices is complex: here’s a guide to help you at home or out shopping.
The hard work of eliminating plastic waste must start with businesses.
Of the five cuisines examined, packaging from burger meals was responsible for the most emissions.
Here’s how to quench your thirst in an environmentally responsible way.
Life-cycle assessments of food packaging often omit the impact and possible toxicity of plastics leaking into the environment. Excluding these factors gives plastics an unjustified advantage.
This is up to 35 times more than the estimated weight of plastic pollution on the ocean’s surface.
Pandemic precautions have given new life to disposable plastic products, which the industry claims are more ‘hygienic’ than reusables. But critics say there’s no scientific evidence this is so.
Recently washed cups could be safer than single-use containers that could have been sitting around for ages.
Just because we’re in a period of change, doesn’t mean we have to lose momentum.
A media study of public criticism of plastic reveals that stigmatisation may result in limited bans, it leaves the vast majority of plastic production and pollution unexplored.
Governments need better information on which types of plastic generate the most pollution — citizens can help.
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