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Plastics industry needs policing
We must continue to hold manufacturers to account and push for better waste management
A handful of multinational corporations is responsible for the world’s plastic waste
Coca-Cola, PepsiCo, and Nestle were responsible for the most pieces of plastic collected according to an environmental pressure group
Plastic is paving an eco way
Two local projects are turning to plastic instead of bitumen to bind the asphalt used to construct roads
The marine plastic pollution crisis
The cost in damage to the marine ecosystems is $13-billion each year
Tackling the ocean plastics problem now
A key focus at the IIOE-2 and SANOCEAN conferences was the issue of marine plastics
Malaysia to ship back hundreds of tonnes of plastic waste
Plastic imports to Malaysia have tripled since 2016, to 870 000 tonnes last year, official data showed
Alternative straws: the long and the short of it
Plastic straws and their role in environmental sustainability remain an issue of global concern
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China plastic waste ban throws global recycling into chaos
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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