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    Employee receives 37 volunteering hours for collecting 3,700 empty water bottles in Ras Al Khaimah

    Employee receives 37 volunteering hours for collecting 3,700 empty water bottles in Ras Al Khaimah

    03 Apr 2025

    The Department of Economic Development-Ras Al Khaimah contributed to an environmentally friendly initiative by bringing more than 23,000 empty water bottles to the emirate's Waste Management System of the...

    1.33 billion pounds of Coke plastic waste to enter waterways by 2030, says study

    1.33 billion pounds of Coke plastic waste to enter waterways by 2030, says study

    27 Mar 2025

    Coca-Cola products will account for an estimated 1.33 billion pounds (602,000 metric tonnes) of plastic waste entering the world's oceans and waterways each year, according to a stark new...

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    Back to plastic!

    10 Feb 2025

    President Trump posted “I will be signing an Executive Order next week ending the ridiculous Biden push for Paper Straws, which don’t work. BACK TO PLASTIC!” and so ends...

    Plastics: lifesaver turned environmental threat

    Plastics: lifesaver turned environmental threat

    25 Nov 2024

    Before it threatened biodiversity, the oceans and the global food chain, plastics saved lives and transformed societies as a durable, malleable and cheap material. From the 1950s, plastics enjoyed...

    ‘New wave’ as start-up sweeps up Thai ocean plastic

    ‘New wave’ as start-up sweeps up Thai ocean plastic

    30 Oct 2024

    Sara Hussain, Agence France-Presse As a long-tail boat arrives at a fishing village on the southern Thai island of Koh Chang, residents gather to sell their wares — not...

    Everything should have strings attached

    Everything should have strings attached

    10 Oct 2024

    A new EU directive requires that all plastic bottles being manufactured must now have caps that are attached to the bottles. What tends to happen when a bottle is...

    Breaking our plastics habit is easier said than done

    Breaking our plastics habit is easier said than done

    20 Sep 2024

    David Fickling, Tribune News Service Could our unshakeable addiction to plastics be broken? That’s certainly the hope of activists. The US — birthplace of the modern polymers industry, and...

    Waste not: Taiwan workshop turns trash into sunglasses

    Waste not: Taiwan workshop turns trash into sunglasses

    04 Sep 2024

    Plastic bottle caps, food packaging, single-use utensils and scrapped toys are just some of the throw-away items that have been given a new life at a zero-waste workshop in...

    We need a radical rethink on packaging to fix climate crisis

    We need a radical rethink on packaging to fix climate crisis

    28 Aug 2024

    Thomas Khormendi, The Independent If you’re anything like me, you probably have very good intentions when it comes to packaging. You might bring your tote bag to the supermarket...

    New plastic bottle lids are turning out to be a problem

    New plastic bottle lids are turning out to be a problem

    12 Aug 2024

    Katie Rosseinsky, The Independent Who knew cracking open a plastic bottle could ruin your week? This once simple act now comes with a side order of drama. Try to...

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