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Global Treaty on Plastic Pollution: The Meeting is Set for 2025
In Busan, South Korea, the latest round of negotiations decided to go into "extra time." The treaty was initially set to be finalized this year, but delegations…
Editorial Team•3 December 2024
Pollution
The “Plastic COP” is about to…
On Sunday, December 1st, the INC-5, the 5th and final round of…
Editorial Team•29 November 2024
Pollution
Here is the biodegradable supramolecular plastic…
Japanese researchers have developed a new durable plastic that will not pollute…
Editorial Team•28 November 2024
Pollution
Pollution deaths, The Lancet alarm: “We’re coming back”
The global review update captures a deteriorating situation, although the total number of deaths is stable.
23 May 2022
Pollution
Definitive ok for the release in the ocean of the water of…
The Japanese Nuclear Energy Authority has approved Tepco’s plan to dispose of the molten core coolant…
20 May 2022
Pollution
Yemen, UN alarm for the oil tanker FSO Safer: we are a…
The ship has not undergone any maintenance since 2015 due to the civil war. UN technical…
11 May 2022
Pollution
New parasites transported by microplastics from the land into the ocean
A new study revealed that microplastics can hook up pathogens from land and transported them into…
3 May 2022
Pollution
Ozone pollution endangers Italian forests
Research on the economic impact of ozone pollution on Italian forests shows a significant loss of…
29 April 2022
Pollution
Rivers pollution: Plastic catch barriers to keep them clean
The Emilia Romagna Region has introduced the innovative experimentation of plastic catch barriers for cleaning from…
15 April 2022
Pollution
Microplastics in the lungs, found for 1 time in living people
Research from the University of Hull, UK, used spectroscopy to detect tiny plastic fragments. Present in…
8 April 2022
Pollution
Bitcoin in the crosshairs: campaign starts to reduce the energy consumption of…
Bitcoin takes 11 times more energy than rival Ethereum for every single transaction. The reason? Two…
30 March 2022
Pollution
Microplastics found in human blood for the first time
The Immunoplast research project demonstrated that plastic pollution has now also made its way into the…
25 March 2022
Pollution
Historic agreement for the World Plastic Pollution Treaty
The United Nations Environment Assembly passes the first resolution to end global plastic pollution, a key…