Changing the Face of Plastic Waste

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Although the world’s plastic consumption problem seems herculean to tackle (try coming to terms with the mind-boggling amount of plastic we use and dump),...

Multi-stakeholder support for a circular economy

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●  Global Initiatives, UN Environment Programme, World Business Council for Sustainable Development and World Wide Fund for Nature welcome delegates to the 8th Responsible...

Have Micro and Nanoplastics Become Part of Our Diet?

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Text Rachel Kwek and Terence Koh It is a well-known fact that microplastics swimming in our oceans are a huge problem but have they already...

Protected: A Contained Solution: Global Plastic Conundrum

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Extracts from text by Andrei Veksha and Grzegorz Lisak: Two scientists in Singapore who may have found a solution to our plastic waste problem. Mountains...

Sustainable Plastic Alternatives (Part 2)

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Our excessive plastic consumption is hurting the environment. These alternatives and a little bit of effort from our part might just be the solutions...

Leading the Charge

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Nepal offers an unusually positive example of a poor country whose strategies for development are simultaneously addressing climate change. It isn’t immediately obvious travelling through polluted Kathmandu, but a more careful look at the country as a whole reveals striking success at creating an all-renewable electricity system, a growing fleet of electric vehicles and motorbikes, renewable cooking systems, and a reforestation programme that is rapidly bringing forests back all across Nepal.

Microscopic Plastic Litter

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Plastic nanoparticles – tiny pieces of plastic less than 1 micrometre in size – could potentially contaminate food chains, and ultimately affect human health, according to a recent study by scientists from the National University of Singapore (NUS).

The Sun is Shining on India

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India could replace US as the second biggest solar market in 2018