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According to Greenpeace, only 9% of the world's plastic gets recycled. Instead, plastic waste continues to collect in our ...

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Unlike Lake and Porter counties, which leave the decision to offer curbside recycling up to municipalities, all LaPorte ...

The Nashville Zoo announced a sustainability effort on Monday that it says will reduce plastic waste by more than 1 metric ...

Microplastics are tiny plastic particles that are small and durable. These particles can accumulate in water, soil, air and living organisms, raising both environmental and health concerns.

As the world looks to improve on all three pillars of sustainable development — economic, social and environmental — as the global population increases, countries work together to forge agreements ...

Talks aimed at a global treaty to cut plastic pollution fizzled in Geneva this week, with no agreement to meaningfully reduce the harms to human health and the environment that come with the millions ...

Plastic debris is now a troubling reality in oceans and along shorelines worldwide. From tiny microplastics to large waste items, plastic pollution threatens marine life, ecosystems, and even local ...

"The average person now carries about a plastic spoon’s worth of microplastic in their brain. Not in our oceans or landfills — in our brains." ...

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