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From Antarctica to agricultural fields, plastic waste is everywhere across the globe. We should be very concerned as this is yet another threat to our ability to feed ourselves.

The alarming trend of beached ...

Nov 29, 2019 by GlobalPossibilities

The whales that were found washed ashore are just the tip of the iceberg.

THE PLASTICS INDUSTRY’S LONG F...

Oct 9, 2019 by GlobalPossibilities

PLASTIC PRODUCTION REALLY began in earnest in the 1950s. It’s hard to remember, but we once got along without it. Of course, plastic offered great convenience, and its production skyrocketed.

The Ocean Cleanup project fina...

Oct 4, 2019 by GlobalPossibilities

It only took six years, tens of millions of dollars, and a few unsuccessful attempts (or “unscheduled learning opportunities,” in the words of 25-year-old founder and CEO Boyan Slat). The nonprofit’s prior, unsuccessful designs failed to catch any plastic, broke, or overflowed.

We Know There’s Lots of Plasti...

Sep 17, 2019 by GlobalPossibilities

The contentious Ocean Cleanup campaign has an idea where it ends up. But it’s already stirring debate.

Meat and plastic sales are slo...

Sep 11, 2019 by GlobalPossibilities

As environmental awareness spreads, shoppers are making different choices.

How plastics contribute to cli...

Aug 23, 2019 by GlobalPossibilities

They generate heat-trapping gases at every stage of their life cycle.

How Concerned Is Your US Regio...

Aug 8, 2019 by GlobalPossibilities

As I walked the Florida beach on this August morning, I surveyed the wrack line. Interspersed with shells, empty turtle eggs, drying seaweed, skate egg cases, coconut fronts, dead coral pieces, and sea glass, I could see small and large bits of plastic.

What’s Worrying the Plastics I...

Jun 7, 2019 by GlobalPossibilities

This year’s Global Plastics Summit revealed an industry that sees big growth ahead but also serious challenges, from plastics in the ocean to climate impact.

We Were Missing Most of the Pl...

Jun 6, 2019 by GlobalPossibilities

The highest levels of microplastics are found more than 650 feet below the surface.

Trash found littering ocean fl...

May 13, 2019 by GlobalPossibilities

On the deepest dive ever made by a human inside a submarine, a Texas investor found something he could have found in the gutter of nearly any street in the world: trash.

Why we don’t know if plastics ...

May 9, 2019 by GlobalPossibilities

Academics and regulators at odds over impact of chemical additives.

Here’s what happens to &...

Apr 29, 2019 by GlobalPossibilities

After 3 years of being buried and submerged, ‘biodegradable’ and ‘compostable’ single-use plastic bags could still hold a full load of groceries.

EU to ban common single-use pl...

Dec 20, 2018 by GlobalPossibilities

“Europe now has a legislative model to defend and promote at international level, given the global nature of the issue of marine pollution involving plastics.”

Everything you’ve been t...

Dec 2, 2018 by Casey Coates Danson

Recycling is an easy cop-out for governments and large corporations, but the truth is that we have to take very different action if we want to stop irreversibly poisoning the planet