by AIP Online Bureau | Apr 23, 2024 | Articles, Climate, Environment, Renewable Energy, Risk Management
Backed by some environment groups, this coalition has called for common, legally binding provisions to “restrain and reduce the production and consumption of primary plastic polymers to sustainable levels.” They also are proposing measures such as phasing out...
by AIP Online Bureau | Jul 23, 2023 | Facts, Health
”It is really important to know how many micro- and nanoplastics we are taking in,” said Kazi Albab Hussain, the study’s lead author and a doctoral student at the University of Nebraska–Lincoln, US ”Many studies, including ours, are demonstrating...
by AIP Online Bureau | Feb 28, 2023 | Climate, Environment, Renewable Energy, Data, Eco/Invest/Demography
Existing programs to boost recycling or cut single-use plastic consumption only “scratched the surface” and a more comprehensive global plan is required, according to Back to Blue, a research group run by the Economist Impact think-tank and the Nippon Foundation, a...
by AIP Online Bureau | Mar 3, 2022 | Climate, Environment, Renewable Energy, Eco/Invest/Demography, International News, Policy
Plastic pollution soared from two million tonnes in 1950, to 348 million tonnes in 2017, becoming a global industry valued at $522.6 billion, said UNEP. It is expected to double in capacity, by 2040 The impacts of plastic production and pollution on the triple...
