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A sign sits amongst plastic on a public art installation outside a United Nations conference on plastics on April 23, 2024, in Ottawa, Ontario. | Photo Credit: AP Nations made progress on a treaty to end plastic pollution as their fourth round of talks finished early on April 30 in Canada. For the first time…
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Compressed metal cans are seen at Indaver Plastics Recycling (IPR) plant in Willebroek, Belgium March 14, 2024. | Photo Credit: Reuters At least 3,000 more chemicals are in plastics — from food packaging to toys to medical devices — than previously estimated by environmental agencies, a report published on Thursday found, raising questions over pollution…
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Marine scientist Anna Sanchez Vidal shows microplastics collected from the sea with a microscope at Barcelona’s University, during a research project “Surfing for Science” to assess contamination by microplastics on the coastline, in Barcelona, Spain, July 5, 2022. (Image for Representation) | Photo Credit: Reuters Researchers in Japan have confirmed microplastics are present in clouds,…
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