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For Trump, Chemicals in Straws Are a Crisis. In Water, Maybe Less So.
An administration document aimed at eradicating paper straws highlights the dangers of PFAS chemicals. Their presence in tap ...
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Our Power, Our Planet
An Update on the Legal Landscape Surrounding Plastic Pollution - It’s hard to reflect on “Our Power, Our Planet” this Earth Day ...
Your clothes are shedding bits of plastic. Here’s what people are doing about it this Earth Day
Bottles and bags, food wrappers and straws. Piping, packaging, toys and trays. Plastic is everywhere — and yet some people ...
I tracked my trash for one week. Here’s what I swapped to cut out single-use plastic
I stashed all my trash for one week to assess where I could make sustainable swaps. Here’s what I changed to reduce my ...
Poilievre promises to scrap single-use plastics ban and bring back the plastic straw
Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre is promising to scrap the federal government’s ban on single use plastics and bring back ...
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Poilievre promises to end ban on single-use plastic straws, other items
Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre promised to strike down a key element of the Liberal government's environmental policy ...
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Plastic and paper waste used in food packaging despite ban
Despite a ban by FSSAI on packing food in plastic carry bags and waste papers, and HDMC's ongoing raids on shops violating the rule, unsanitary food packaging ... by waste paper and plastic ...
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Are paper straws really better for the environment than plastic ones?
with many companies and people choosing to ditch plastic straws in favour of paper ones. But are paper straws really the eco-friendly alternative they claim to be? Chung Shan-shan, the director of ...
The Prototype: Scientists Turn Paper Into Plastic
Plus: A $3 million prize for scientists working with the Large Hadron Collider, why we’re one step closer to a holodeck and ...