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Buggy sucks up nasty nurdles on beaches

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Four friends who spent their spare time diving saw the bigger picture and started an organisation to defend the blue
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Carer swims for Bob the Green Turtle

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After being discovered with a belly full of plastic waste, Bob has become an ocean ambassador
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Plastics industry needs policing

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We must continue to hold manufacturers to account and push for better waste management
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A handful of multinational corporations is responsible for the world’s plastic waste

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Coca-Cola, PepsiCo, and Nestle were responsible for the most pieces of plastic collected according to an environmental pressure group
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Plastic is paving an eco way

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Two local projects are turning to plastic instead of bitumen to bind the asphalt used to construct roads
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The marine plastic pollution crisis

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The cost in damage to the marine ecosystems is $13-billion each year
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Tackling the ocean plastics problem now

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A key focus at the IIOE-2 and SANOCEAN conferences was the issue of marine plastics
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Malaysia to ship back hundreds of tonnes of plastic waste

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Plastic imports to Malaysia have tripled since 2016, to 870 000 tonnes last year, official data showed
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Alternative straws: the long and the short of it

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Plastic straws and their role in environmental sustainability remain an issue of global concern
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Letters to the editor: May 3 to 9

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Our readers write in about plastic waste, SMEs, humanism, and restitution
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China plastic waste ban throws global recycling into chaos

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In mainland China, imports of plastic waste have dropped from 600 000 tonnes per month in 2016 to about 30 000 a month in 2018
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Death or taxes for polluting plastic

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South Africa's apathetic attitude to plastic use requires an intervention — but what would work here?
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Why can’t all plastic waste be recycled?

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The UK produced 11m tonnes of plastic waste in 2017, and recycled around two thirds of it. Or so it seemed
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Everyday plastics emit greenhouse gases, study reveals

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'Plastic represents a source of climate-relevant trace gases that is expected to increase as more plastic is produced”
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Plastic alternatives just good PR or a real solution?

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Some retailers, recognising an opportunity to gain significant marketing mileage, have been quick to respond by introducing plastic alternatives
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