by Trang | Sep 5, 2023 | News
The District of Columbia plans to launch an opt-in curbside organics collection pilot for more than 9,000 households by the end of September. Residents who receive trash and recycling services from D.C.’s Department of Public Works were eligible to sign up for the...
by Trang | Aug 12, 2023 | Events, News
Hoa Binh, 11 Aug 2023 – Representatives from the Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment and other government ministries, enterprises, associations, NGOs, international development partners and members of the Viet Nam National Plastic Action Partnership (NPAP)...
by Trang | Mar 12, 2023 | News
What is Synthetic Turf? Most commonly, synthetic turf is built by layering various kinds of plastics with polyurethane adhesives on top of a bed of gravel (which provides drainage). These plastic layers may include a combination of: weed-preventing sheeting made of...
by Trang | Mar 3, 2023 | News
The research published in ACS Environmental Science & Technology Water, finds handwashing clothes reduces microplastic pollution and is “environmentally Previous research has shown microplastics (tiny plastic particles or fibres smaller than 5mm in diameter) are...
by Trang | Feb 27, 2023 | News
Global plastic pollution remains one of the biggest environmental challenges of our time. A new OECD report shows that plastic consumption has quadrupled over the past 30 years. Globally, only 9% of plastic waste is recycled, while 50% ends up in landfills, 22% evades...
by Trang | Feb 24, 2023 | News
Let’s start with a fact: globally we’ve generated 7 billion tonnes of plastic waste in under a century of trying. Less than 10 percent of that has ever been recycled. In Australia, the numbers aren’t much higher – only 13 percent of plastic is recycled each year, and...
