Look closely at any plastic packaging nowadays and you'll find a small chasing arrows symbol with a number between one and seven inside of it. That symbol is synonymous with recycling, but it's ...
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Planet or Plastic? is National Geographic’s multiyear effort to raise awareness about the global plastic trash crisis. Come to this page often to learn more, and find out what you can do to ...
Mark Miodownik explores our love/hate relationship with plastic, why we have ended up with oceans of waste blighting the environment and what science and society can do about it.
SUNY is moving to phase out single-use plastics on campus by 2027, according to SUNY Chancellor John B. King Jr. Discouraging production and use of single-use plastics is the best strategy in the face ...
However, the humble water bottle has now become Gen Z's latest status symbol, with young adults splashing out staggering amounts to look cool while hydrating themselves. Last winter, the surge in ...
Much of the plastic that does not end up in landfill or go through other waste management pathways (such as recycling or incineration) is thought to end up in the ocean. Between 4.8 and 12.7 million ...
They were washed in with the tide, most likely from China or the US, thousands of miles away -- part of an enormous plastic garbage patch, spinning in the middle of the Pacific Ocean, which you ...
In that time, the number of Botox injections jumped by 73%. And according to the American Academy of Facial Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Gen Z is helping drive up demand. In a 2022 survey ...