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State governor signs new law effectively banning all plastic bags at grocery stores: 'It's in our food, air, water, and even our bodies'

California has a plastic bag problem — but not for long. California Governor Gavin Newsom recently signed a law fully banning plastic shopping bags in grocery stores, updating a decade-old ban that ...
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Viruses on Plastic Pollution May Be Fueling Antibiotic Resistance

Learn how plastic pollution is creating new pathways for antibiotic resistance to become an even bigger public health threat.
Los Angeles Times

We’re losing the race against plastic, but there’s a solution

This is read by an automated voice. Please report any issues or inconsistencies here. Within 15 years, a garbage truck’s worth of plastic could be entering our environment every second. Not every ...
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Scientists urge governments not to wait for global plastics treaty as pollution continues to grow

Scientists are urging governments to act immediately on plastic pollution, warning that waiting for a binding Global Plastics Treaty could mean years of damaging delay while plastic waste continues to ...
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How plastic pollution flows from rivers to oceans — and how to stop it

Community-led research from UCSB’s Benioff Ocean Science Laboratory spans three years, four continents and eight countries to reveal the scale of river plastic waste and offer solutions to stop it at ...
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The world dumps 2,000 truckloads of plastic into the ocean each day. Here’s where a lot of it ends up

The western coast of Java in Indonesia is popular with surfers for its world-famous breaks. There’s a majestic underwater world to explore, too. But it’s impossible to surf or snorkel without running ...
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Trump signs executive order to keep plastic straws

Straws might seem insignificant, inspiring jokes about the plastic vs. paper debate, but the plastic straw has come to symbolize a global pollution crisis over the past decade. On Monday, President ...
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Governor signs California plastic bag bill into law

On Sunday, Gov. Gavin Newsom signed a bill into law that will close a legal loophole that has allowed for an increase in California’s plastic bag waste, despite a 2014 law that was designed to ban the ...
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'Back to plastic': Trump signs order for plastic straws as he declares paper ones 'don’t work'

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump said Monday he is banning federal use of paper straws, saying they “don’t work” and don't last very long. Instead he wants the government to exclusively move ...
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IAEA Director General Visits Chile to Sign Agreements on Plastic Pollution and Lithium Mining

The IAEA and the Government of Chile have signed an agreement to strengthen cooperation to tackle microplastic pollution in Antarctica. The IAEA also signed the first ever agreement on nuclear ...

Decorative Glitter Is Contributing To Global Microplastic Pollution

Due to its minuscule size and its ease of scattering, glitter is more harmful than other sorts of microplastics.