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2. Why compostable plastic is not a silver bullet for ... - AOL

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   Modern society has has a big problem when it comes to plastic -- and it's contributing heavily to pollution and climate change. Globally, 400 million metric tons of plastic are produced each year ...

3. Plastic pollution - Wikipedia

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   In 2019, the state New York banned single use plastic bags and introduced a 5-cent fee for using single use paper bags. The ban will enter into force in 2020. The ban will enter into force in 2020. This will not only reduce plastic bag usage in New York state (23 billion every year until now), but also eliminate 12 million barrels of oil used ...

4. Biden administration seeks to eliminate single-use plastics ...

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   The new initiative seeks to eliminate single-use plastics in packaging by 2027, and in all food service operations by 2035. ... and therefore a large source of the greenhouse gases contributing to ...

5. Slave to sachets: How poverty worsens the plastics ... - AOL

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   "We collect mostly plastics here and the number one type are sachets," said Gualva, one of 17 people employed by the environment agency to help preserve the island and its forest.

6. Environmental issues in the Philippines - Wikipedia

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   In conclusion, climate change is a significant issue in the Philippines that is already causing significant economic, social, and environmental impacts. The country is particularly vulnerable to the impacts of climate change due to its location and its high population density.

7. Climate change adaptation in the Philippines - Wikipedia

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   Climate change adaptation in the Philippines is being incorporated into development plans and policies that specifically target national and local climate vulnerabilities. [1] As a developing country and an archipelago, the Philippines is particularly vulnerable to a variety of climatic threats like intensifying tropical cyclones, drastic ...

8. Plastic bans - Wikipedia

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   Plastic bans are laws that prohibit the use of polymers manufactured from petroleum or other fossil fuels, given the pollution and threat to biodiversity that they cause.A growing number of countries have instituted plastic bag bans, and a ban on single-use plastic (such as throw-away forks or plates), and are looking to spread bans to all plastic packaging, plastic clothing (such as polyester ...

9. Single-use plastics revolutionized the medical industry. Now ...

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   That adoption extended to the medical field, where the single-use nature of plastics represented a move toward more hygienic tools for physicians and hospitals. But it wasn't plastic's sanitary ...