In California, we pay deposits on the packaged beverages we buy and are entitled to get our nickels back or see them used to improve recycling and protect our environment. Instead, consumers are forfeiting almost half of every nickel, recycling centers are closing right and left, and the quality of recycling is dropping.  The consumers […]

Climate and ecological crises can be tackled by restoring forests and other valuable ecosystems, say scientists and activists The world faces two existential crises, developing with terrifying speed: climate breakdown and ecological breakdown. Neither is being addressed with the urgency needed to prevent our life-support systems from spiralling into collapse. We are writing to champion […]

Scientists warn that social and economic price of plastic waste to global society has been underestimated Plastic pollution in the world’s oceans costs society billions of dollars every year in damaged and lost resources, research has found. Fisheries, aquaculture, recreational activities and global wellbeing are all negatively affected by plastic pollution, with an estimated 1-5% […]

Environmentalist and human rights groups said on Friday they had started a lawsuit against Royal Dutch Shell in the Netherlands to force the energy firm to cut its reliance on fossil fuels. The groups, including Greenpeace and Friends of the Earth Netherlands, handed over a court summons to Shell at its headquarters in The Hague, […]

On the Hawaiian island of Oahu, it is possible to stand in a lush tropical forest that doesn’t contain a single native plant. The birds that once dispersed native seeds are almost entirely gone too, leaving a brand-new ecological community composed of introduced plants and birds. In a first-of-its-kind study published today in Science, researchers […]

Four months after the Camp Fire destroyed the northern California towns of Paradise and Magalia, city council members in the neighboring town of Chico voted this week to declare a climate emergency that threatens their lives and well-being. Chico’s emergency declaration calls on the city to eliminate all greenhouse gas emissions by the year 2030, […]

Chemical recycling is one of several focus areas for the Alliance to End Plastics Waste. Since companies like Coca Cola and Nestlé have vowed to use more recycled plastics in their packaging, the petrochemical industry has been pushed to invest in advanced chemical recycling technologies to reduce plastic waste. A report from the American Chemistry Councilestimates that chemical […]

 Man made climate change could turn the Antarctica green as ice sheets shrink Carbon dioxide levels may have reached the same levels as the Pliocene period  This was three million years ago and could provide clues to what the future holds Scientists say there is likely to be a ‘lag’ before the true effects of hitting […]

The City of Phoenix announced Wednesday it will soon begin converting certain plastic waste into liquid fuel. The 6th most populous city in the country has partnered with a waste management company and Renewology, a technology firm, to convert plastics 3-7 into fuel. Plastic items with a number between 3 and 7 in the recycling […]

Adidas has spent the last four years curbing ocean pollution by recycling plastic beach waste into shoes – and because their customers have been so eager for the product, the company is kicking it up a notch. Adidas produced more than five million pairs of recycled plastic waste shoes in 2018, and they plan to incorporate […]