Tag: The Guardian
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Australia’s amount of plastic waste surges as recycling rates fail to improve
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2025/aug/24/australias-amount-of-plastic-waste-surges-as-recycling-rates-fail-to-improve
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PVA doesn’t break down in water treatment plants (Guardian)
Polyvinyl Alcohol (PVA) dishwasher pods seem to have a bad reputation
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Plastic waste export to Africa is out of control
And they will claims that it is driven by African demand for plastic waste …. knowing that there is no infrastructure in Africa to process the waste and that the plastic waste cannot be recycled …. what a farce
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EU criminalises environmental damage ‘comparable to ecocide’ (The Guardian)
Directive punishes most serious cases of environmental damage, including habitat loss and illegal logging
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Microplastic-eating plankton may be worsening crisis in oceans, say scientists
Rotifers could be accelerating risk by splitting particles into thousands of potentially more dangerous nanoplastics
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Article on the man who discovered microplastics in 1993
‘We can’t carry on’: the godfather of microplastics on how to stop them
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More Skeletons in the Chemours PFAS closet (Guardian)
Researchers say discovery of at least 11 new kinds of PFAS in water near Chemours plant indicates more contamination than thought
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Interview with the oil man tasked with saving the planet (The Guardian)
When Cop28 starts next month, Sultan Al Jaber will be front and centre. He is the United Arab Emirates’ choice to head up the climate talks – and he also happens to be head of the national oil company. What’s the problem with that, he asks
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COP28 is turning into a Farce Says The Guardian
‘Absolute scandal’: UAE state oil firm able to read Cop28 climate summit emails
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Rowan Atkinson Feels Duped by Electric Vehicles
Sadly, keeping your old petrol car may be better than buying an EV. There are sound environmental reasons not to jump just yet
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Recycled and reused food contact plastics are ‘vectors’ for toxins – study
Research provides a unique review of contact chemicals in packaging, utensils, plates, etc and how they contaminate food
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Microbes discovered that can digest plastics at low temperatures
Scientists have found microbes that can do this at 15C, in a potential breakthrough for recycling
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Fashion greenwashing glossary: what do ‘biodegradable’, ‘closed loop’ and ‘degrowth’ really mean?
Our experts lift the veil on some commonly used fashion marketing terms, and what they actually mean in practice
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Exxon’s new ‘advanced recycling’ plant raises environmental concerns
Advocates warn plants like the latest addition to the Texas complex generate hazardous pollutants and provide cover for oil giants to produce new plastic products
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The Creeping Threat of the Great Atlantic Sargassum Belt
Visible from space, an explosion of harmful seaweed now stretches like a sea monster across the ocean. Could robots save us from it – and store carbon in the process?
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Biggest Rainforest Carbon Credit System is a Scam
In January, a nine-month investigation by the Guardian, the German weekly Die Zeit and SourceMaterial found widespread problems with the system
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The Guardian Decodes Vegan Leather
Plant or plastic? How to decode vegan leather alternatives From cork to pineapple to mushrooms, there are plenty of plant-based leathers available today. But many come wrapped in a layer of polyurethane
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Tesco Accused of Greenwashing over Biodegradable PLA Teabags
Complaint filed against retail giant after an experiment found that the teabags did not biodegrade after a year buried in soil
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New US Lawsuit Targets Forever Chemicals in Plastic Food Containers
Suit alleges Inhance failed to follow EPA rules involving dangerous PFAS chemicals and asks a judge to halt production
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What to do with Australia’s Bread Bags and Chip Packets?
Trials are under way to find advanced solutions to a notoriously difficult problem. But could a focus on recycling distract from other issues?
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Anti Bioplastic Campaign in the UK
Campaign group says many bioplastics are damaging and they should not be excluded from any ban
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Home Compostable Plastics is Greenwash Says The Guardian
‘It’s greenwash’: most home compostable plastics don’t work, says study — What is European Bioplastics doing in terms of PR? Have they given up on compostable plastics? Is the ego of retiring executives standing in the way of changing their strategy? I think the no-return line for compostables plastics is soon to be crossed.
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How the Plastic Industry Turned the Pandemic to its Advantage
With its products proving indispensable to combatting Covid-19, the plastics business is reinvigorated. What will it take to bring this major polluter to heel?
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Call for Plastic Treaty at G7 Summit
Call for G7 Cornwall summit to forge global plastic pollution treaty
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SUP Ban in Australia by The Guardian
National agreement on items covered by ban should provide businesses with certainty and ease consumer confusion
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Stora Enso Ad on The Guardian
Sustainable, abundant and low-cost: why lignin might just be a miracle manufacturing material. It can be used to replace fossil-fuel derivatives in the production of everything from bikes to batteries, so could this wood-based material one day be in wider use?
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Italian Illicit Export of Plastic Waste to Malaysia
Greenpeace finds hundreds of tonnes end up in landfill or burned at illegal factories.
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CO2 Absorbing Fabrics
Fabrics that can suck CO2 from the atmosphere are among breakthroughs that can help tackle the climate emergency
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Sainsbury’s Carbon Neutral Plan Includes Plastic Bottle Deposit
Retailer’s plans include cutting down on waste and a plastic bottle deposit scheme.
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The Guardian Says Recycling Doesn’t Work and is a Failing System
Only 9% of plastics get recycled, and significant reductions will require systemic change – but there are easy tips for individuals to cut back.
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The Guardian Promotes PHAs
The Guardian writes: The best poly hydroxy acids. Worried that liquid exfoliants will irritate or dehydrate your skin? Try PHAs, which are gentler yet effective.
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Plastic Recycling is a Myth Writes The Guardian
You sort your recycling, leave it to be collected – and then what? From councils burning the lot to foreign landfill sites overflowing with British rubbish, here’s a report on a global waste crisis.
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The Guardian Writes About Bioplastics
Finding solutions to prevent harmful plastic waste is far from simple.
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Compostable Cup Sales Soar, but Greens Say is it Enough?
Packaging that breaks down to compost sounds like a no-brainer, but there is opposition
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The Guardian Goes Bioplastics
The Guardian will be the first national newspaper to switch to biodegradable wrapping.
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