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100% recycled plastic blocks aim to replace concrete in flood-prone regions

ECOCCUBE uses 100% recycled waste plastic as its core material. WES-Tec Global relies on a proprietary process it calls ...
Newsweek

Bizarre Plastic Rocks Now Found Across Five Continents

A bizarre new type of rock containing plastic has been found across the globe, formed mainly from plastic we have created and discarded. This deposit is a combination of rock and plastic polymers from ...
Mongabay News on MSNOpinion

Plastic pollution requires urgent action, says author Judith Enck

By Mike DiGirolamo Judith Enck is a former regional administrator of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, appointed by ...
news.ucsb.edu

How plastic pollution flows from rivers to oceans — and how to stop it

Community-led research from UCSB’s Benioff Ocean Science Laboratory spans three years, four continents and eight countries to reveal the scale of river plastic waste and offer solutions to stop it at ...
Los Angeles Times

We’re losing the race against plastic, but there’s a solution

This is read by an automated voice. Please report any issues or inconsistencies here. Within 15 years, a garbage truck’s worth of plastic could be entering our environment every second. Not every ...
BusinessMirror

The world’s plastic glut set to get much worse by 2040, study finds

Despite clear evidence that plastic is clogging oceans and beaches and breaking down into microplastics that enter our bodies ...
Forbes

Plastic Bag Bans Tackle Ocean Pollution Right, Study Finds

A family collect plastic waste on the shore inn Ocean Conservancy's clean up in the Norwegian Northern town of Skjervøy. Plastic bag bans in the U.S. have proven effective in reducing plastic litter ...