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The report, “ Plastic Bag Bans Work ”, found that bans in three states — New Jersey, Philadelphia and Vermont — and two cities, Portland, Oregon and Santa Barbara, California, have reduced the number of single-use plastic bags used each year by around 6 billion. According to Environment America, the number of bags saved could go around ...
This bag is not made of plastic, and unlike regular plastic bags it will dissolve in water, leaving no toxic residue behind. As with many great discoveries, the soluble bag was not what its creators had in mind to begin with. The two men behind the SoluBag, Roberto Astete and Cristian Olivares, were working on biodegradable detergent experiments.
As the chart below shows, fishing line is the worst offender, taking up to 600 years to biodegrade, while disposable diapers will take as long as plastic bottles – 450 years – to break down. Plastic shopping bags will take up to 20 years to break down, while styrofoam takeaway coffee cups take 50 years, and cigarette butts take 10.
Image: McKinsey & Company. In 2019, the CIEL estimated that production and incineration of plastic would add 850 million metric tons of greenhouse gases to the atmosphere – equivalent to 189 coal-fired power plants. By 2050 this could rise to 2.8 gigatons of carbon dioxide per year – or 615 coal plants’ worth.
There's a global battle against single-use plastics, particularly when it comes to the once-ubiquitous plastic bag. A new report from UN Environment and WRI found that at least 127 countries (of 192 reviewed) have adopted some form of legislation to regulate plastic bags as of July 2018. These policies range from outright bans in the Marshall ...
The solution is not to ban plastic, but to ensure that it is used responsibly and recycled properly. However, plastic recycling is a complicated issue. There are so many different grades of plastic, each requiring their own recycling process. Some of these plastic types are not even recyclable in a commercially viable manner.
Kenya – banned single-use plastic bags in 2017 and, this June, prohibited visitors from taking single-use plastics such as water bottles and disposable plates into national parks, forests, beaches, and conservation areas. Zimbabwe – introduced a ban on polystyrene food containers in 2017, with fines of between $30 to $5,000 for anyone ...
Three years ago, Kenya passed the world’s toughest ban on single-use plastic bags, helping to establish the country’s position as a leader in environmental conservation. Davina Ngei, Communications Volunteer and Amirah Karmali, Research Intern at the Flipflopi Project, spoke to Professor Judi Wakhungu, who is ardently advocating for the ...
According to WWF, plastic pollution levels in the sea can rise by up to 40% in these areas during peak seasons, demonstrating a direct correlation between tourism and the presence of marine litter. Indeed, research from as far back as 1997 indicated that up to 80% of waste in the ocean was made up of non-biodegradable plastic.
3) Double plastic waste collection to 80% by 2025. Currently, around 39% of the total plastic waste in Indonesia is collected; in rural and remote areas, this figure is as low as 16%. [ii] We need to aggressively invest in our waste-collection infrastructure, both in the formal sector (government employees) and the robust informal sector (waste ...