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Tech

California Investigating Big Oil for ‘Causing’ Plastic Pollution Crisis

04.29.22

By Audrey Carleton
Tech

The Entire Arctic Ecosystem Is Awash in Plastic Pollution, Dire Study Reports

04.05.22

By Becky Ferreira
Tech

The World Just Vowed to Solve the Global Plastic Problem—Will It Work?

03.04.22

By Audrey Carleton
Pulse

The UN Is Finally, Maybe, Doing Something About Plastic Pollution

03.03.22

By Jamie Leventhal
Tech

Sea Life Is Colonizing Islands of Plastic Garbage In the Ocean, Scientists Say

12.03.21

By Audrey Carleton
Pulse

Scientists Just Made Plastic Out of Salmon Sperm

12.01.21

By Koh Ewe
Pulse

Tiny Sea Turtle Washes Up With 158 Pieces of Trash in Stomach

08.19.21

By Teirra Kamolvattanavith
Environment

Inside Zero Waste Efforts in Countries Overwhelmed With Trash

07.02.21

By Therese Reyes, Vania Evan, and Jaishree Kumar
Environment

Filipino Scientist Goes 10,000 Meters Down the Ocean and Finds a Teddy Bear

06.03.21

By Romano Santos
Pulse

Criminal Gangs Are Cashing In On Humanity’s Plastic Crap

03.15.21

By Saqib Rahim
Pulse

Singapore’s War Against Litter Is Hiding a Pressing Environmental Problem

12.16.20

By Nikki Natividad
Tech

Why the Plastic Packaging You Hate So Much Is Still Here

10.13.20

By Ernie Smith

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