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Experts urging fashion industry to ditch plastics
This month sparks the start of plastic free July, with experts urging the fashion industry to stop the use of......
Plastic packaging tax could benefit Australia: research
A new research by The Australia Institute found out Australia could benefit from imposing a tax on plastic packaging. Countries......
Superworms may combat plastic waste by eating it: research
A new research from the University of Queensland found out larvae are considered superworms because they are capable of eating......
Australian attitudes changing to single-use plastics
According to new research, the tide is turning and Aussies are becoming more concerned about single-use plastics. But, there’s still......
India halts their single use plastic ban policy for 2022
Last year, Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi announced a ban on single use plastics by 2022. The government was hoping......
Microplastics in our drinking water- are they making us sick?
Plastic is a big problem these days and it’s now something we are washing down with our water. The World......
Spaced Out
A private equity investor and retired naval officer from Texas, Victor Vescovo, has dived for 12 hours, and broken the record for......
Hobart council pioneers anti-plastic measures
Hobart City Council yesterday became the first council in Australia to vote to ban single-use plastics. They intend to phase......
Bag ban pays dividends
In August this year, major supermarkets Woolworths and Coles implemented single-use plastic bag bans across their stores. Reactions from environmental......
Is a plastic-eating enzyme the pollution solution
British scientists from the University of Portsmouth lead by Professor John McGeehan have stumbled across a “super” enzyme whilst researching......