Wet wipes containing plastic will be banned from being sold in the UK following legislation to be tabled in Parliament soon, the British government announced on Monday, as the world marked as Earth Day. UK Environment Secretary Steve Barclay said the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (DEFRA) will table the legislation for England … Read more
Hong Kong will introduce the first stage in the two-part ban on April 22, which will cover styrofoam products and throwaway utensils such as cutlery and straws offered at takeaway spots. Single-use plastic cups and boxes will also no longer be available to patrons dining in. The launch date for the second phase, covering single-use … Read more
Only 20 per cent of textiles are collected for reuse or recycling globally, and almost 60 per cent of all clothing material is actually plastic. Workers produce garments at a workshop in China. Photo: Getty Images However, experts say naming and shaming those who own synthetic clothing is not the right course of action. “It’s … Read more
Health Canada is funding new research that will look into the potential risk to humans of microplastics that are found everywhere and could be toxic. Researchers at three Canadian universities — McGill University, Memorial University of Newfoundland and the University of Toronto — have been tasked to study “the potential exposure to microplastics from various … Read more
The average liter of bottled water has nearly a quarter million invisible pieces of ever so tiny nanoplastics, detected and categorized for the first time by a microscope using dual lasers. Scientists long figured there were lots of these microscopic plastic pieces, but until researchers at Columbia and Rutgers universities did their calculations they never … Read more
