(Part 2) Part 1: Low consumption, high leakage: The Philippines’ plastic paradox MANILA, Philippines — The problem with ...
(Part 1) MANILA, Philippines—The Philippines’ plastic crisis is shaped not only by how much plastic is consumed, but by how poorly much of that waste is managed after use. The country generates an ...
Globally, plastic pollution reaches roughly 20 million tons annually, the equivalent of 2,000 garbage trucks dumped into the ...
Global nonprofit organization, The Ocean Cleanup, reinforces its commitment to mitigating ocean-bound plastic waste from the ...
Picture a pile of trash the size of Manhattan and taller than one and a half Empire State Buildings. That’s how much plastic ...
Although many people believe that their plastic waste is managed effectively and properly through recycling, a good amount of ...
Poor people in vast city slums across the Global South are burning plastic to cook their food, warm their homes and boil water for hot showers. Waste plastic is plentiful and highly flammable. So it’s ...