Around 100 billion plastic beverage containers are sold in the United States each year — much of which ends up in landfills and waterways, polluting the environment and endangering wildlife. Studies ...

With the Islamic month of Ramadan now over, a familiar sight has returned to the streets of daytime Jakarta: street vendors ...

plastic additives, polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs), and heavy metals. This is what researchers found when they collected dead hedgehogs to investigate ... Exposure to Air Pollution in Childhood ...

Senior citizens were ... Apr. 7, 2025 — Long-term exposure to high levels of air pollution may harm the brain health of older adults in England, finds a new ... Apr. 3, 2025 — Imagine a world ...

Negotiators fail to reach agreement on plastic pollution treaty at talks in South Korea More than 100 countries want the treaty to limit production as well as tackle cleanup and recycling ...

Countries across the Asia-Pacific region are stepping up efforts to reduce plastic waste through national policies, local ...

The HK$1 levy on plastic bags aims to reduce plastic pollution by making people pay for each bag they use. This aims to discourage people from using single-use plastic bags and encourages them to ...

A year has passed since Japan introduced mandatory charges to customers for each single-use plastic bag taken from retail ... Plastic waste is causing serious pollution. It is estimated that ...

Widespread ocean pollution threatens the health of more than 3 billion people, international study led by Boston College researchers shows Ocean pollution is widespread and getting worse, and when ...

Boston College’s Global Observatory on Planetary Health is first to reveal town-by-town pollution levels and health impacts, including 2,780 deaths in 2019 Air pollution remains a silent killer in ...

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