EU Set to Approve Historic Deal to Cut Plastic Bag Use

A “historic” deal to cut Europe’s throwaway plastic bag culture is expected to be approved on Monday, which would cut the number of bags Europeans use each year by more than three quarters in just over a decade’s time…

Balkan ‘Wild Beauty’ Montenegro Faces Waste Woes

Montenegro takes pride in its majestic Adriatic coastline and towering mountains rising from the sea, lined with rivers, streams and lakes. But the so-called Balkan Wild Beauty is now faced with the problem of waste disposal that is threatening both its natural wonders and its lucrative tourism industry.

Embracing a Low-Impact Lifestyle

Lifestyle changes are never easy, especially when it concerns a choice that is a common part of everyday life. Switching to a life free of all single-use plastics is something that takes commitment, dedication and careful planning.

Plastic Nanoparticles Also Harm Freshwater Organisms

Organisms can be negatively affected by plastic nanoparticles, not just in the seas and oceans but in freshwater bodies too. It is the first time that such effects of plastic on freshwater organisms have been studied.

Marine Litter: Plunging Deep, Spreading Wide

With an average of 13,000 pieces of plastic litter estimated to be afloat every single square kilometer of ocean globally, and 6.4 million tonnes of marine litter reaching the oceans every year according to UNEP, researchers and scientists predict a bleak future for the great bodies of water that are vital to our planet’s existence.

UN Meeting Hears Call For Greater Marine Protections As Plastic Waste Accrues In Oceans

The steady build-up of garbage in the world’s oceans is a “tremendous challenge” and a growing threat to the planet’s marine ecosystems with the potential for “significant socio-economic consequences,” the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) heard at the 16th Global Meeting of the Regional Seas Conventions and Action Plans, held in Athens, Greece.

California Becomes First State to Ban Plastic Bags

California Gov. Jerry Brown on Tuesday signed the nation’s first statewide ban on single-use plastic bags at grocery and convenience stores, driven to action by pollution in streets and waterways.