Professor Fath: Scientists should be activists

25 October 2022 - Chemistry Professor Andreas Fath from the HFU university in Furtwangen has swum along the Danube from its source in Germany to the Black Sea

Plastic bag free day and Plastic free July – not only consumers' responsibility

Plastic Bag Free Day, Plastic Free July – not all responsibility is on consumers

03 July 2022 - Recent studies revealed that microplastic pollution is taking on new forms and shapes that threaten human health

Environmentalists reusable refillable packaging biggest plastic polluters

Environmentalists demand reusable, refillable packaging from biggest plastic polluters

17 June 2022 - Over 400 organizations demand that the five biggest plastic polluters commit to transparent, ambitious and accountable reuse and refill systems

Albania bans single use plastic bags

Albania bans single-use plastic bags

01 June 2022 - It is forbidden to produce, import and sell disposable plastic bags in Albania including those that are defined as oxo-degradable or oxo-biodegradable

Small whale dies Greek waters swallowing plastic

Small whale dies in Greek waters from swallowing plastic

06 May 2022 - There was 15 kilos of plastic in the stomach of a beaked whale carcass found on Rhodes, highlighting the risk from plastic waste on animals and people

Global Recycling Day – recycling is seventh resource for planetary conservation

Global Recycling Day – recycling is seventh resource for planetary conservation

18 March 2022 - Out of 2.1 billion metric tons of solid waste that is generated on Earth every year, only about 16% is recycled

United against plastic pollution: most important climate deal since the Paris Agreement

10 March 2022 - Pollution from plastics has reached epidemic proportions, officials said. Representatives of 175 countries adopted a...

World’s first interactive global database of chemical recycling projects kicks-off

World’s first interactive global database of chemical recycling projects kicks off

01 November 2021 - There is a growing demand for recycled plastics globally, particularly for use in food and beverage packaging while supply is limited

Romania plastic waste recycling rate higher then ones in Austria, France, Hungary

Plastic waste recycling rate in Romania higher than in Austria, France, Hungary

26 October 2021 - Good results in recycling are used by the manufactures of packaging and packaged products to criticize introduction of deposit system

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Croatia bans single-use plastic products

20 July 2021 - Croatia's parliament has adopted a new law on waste management which bans the sale of single-use plastic products.

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Plastic Free July: How much plastic waste is dumped into the ocean?

14 July 2021 - While the US is the world’s biggest generator of plastic waste, India is responsible for dumping the largest amounts of plastics into the ocean.

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Only a handful of EU countries ban single-use plastics as deadline expires

06 July 2021 - The EU's deadline to ban single-use plastics has passed, but only a handful of member states have done enough to comply.

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