Plastic—when a miracle technology becomes a burden

Plastic is everywhere in modern society. While it has paved the way for enormous progress, the pollution it leaves behind is ...
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Judith Enck on the Plastic Crisis—and How to Reduce It at the Source

Former EPA official Judith Enck explains why plastic pollution is a production problem—and how policy, not recycling, can ...

Why plastic bans aren't working and what needs to change

Four years after Germany phased out light plastic bags, how has the EU addressed plastic waste— and why do single-use items still pile up in takeaway restaurants, shops and the environment? Plastic ...
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Researchers make key breakthrough that could help solve Earth's plastic problem: 'Innovative technologies'

Scientists at the plastic technology center AIMPLAS are working hard to decrease our reliance on plastic. The team is "addressing this issue through innovative technologies such as physicochemical ...
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Kitchen Nightmare: How Plastic in Everyday Objects Leaches into Food, Hurting Human Health, Environment

This is viewer supported news. Please do your part today. Judith, can you take us through your kitchen and tell us what you did, since you’re so concerned about plastic? JUDITH ENCK: Sure. The kitchen ...