After California bans plastic bags, plastic bag waste shoots to unprecedented levels

Plastic bags were an alternative to paper bags, which were considered bad for the environment as they resulted in forests being chopped down.

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New Jersey banned plastic bags to stop global warming; consumption tripled

The law of unintended consequences is brutal.

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Indonesia will pay fishermen to collect ocean trash

The program will run from October 1-26 and is part of a larger initiative to cut marine plastic waste in the country by 70% by 2025.

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A little history of the hydrocarbon processing that meets society’s demands

Crude oil is virtually useless, unless it’s manufactured into usable products for societies and economies by the hydrocarbon processing industry.

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Plastics not forever: Bugs already evolved 30,000 new plastic eating enzymes

Plastics are a free dinner for life on Earth so it was just a matter of time before microbes evolved to eat it.

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To-may-to, To-mah-to: turning tomatoes into bioplastics

Tomato waste can also be used to make biodegradable bioplastics.

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Sweet! New technology churns vanilla from plastic waste

Scientists believe they have uncovered a means to convert old, discarded bottles into vanilla flavoring using a genetically engineered bacteria -- a technological breakthrough that could help tackle the growing problem of plastic waste.

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The massive ocean plastic exaggeration

What's really going on in the Pacific?

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Some unintended consequences of bioplastics that hurt marine life

According to a study performed by Tel Aviv University, “environmentally friendly” cutlery like utensils and plates made with bioplastics are actually posing a threat to marine species.

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Using microwaves to turn plastic waste into hydrogen

Some creative options for dealing with plastic waste are in the offing.

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Endangered macaws saved by…plastic?

Conservationists in the Los Tuxtlas Biosphere Reserve in Veracruz, Mexico, have found a unique way to encourage macaws to begin safely mating once more.

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Japanese scientists use high-res mapping to tackle plastic pollution

Asia puts the majority of plastic in the ocean, but a helpful solution might now be in hand courtesy of some hard work being done in the Land of the Rising Sun -- Japan.

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Greenpeace and the great plastic fraud

Patrick Moore, co-founder of Greenpeace, now dedicates himself to uncovering the many frauds perpetrated by the organization he helped form.

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“Interceptor” launched to scrub rivers of plastic waste

With a name sounding like it originated from Star Trek’s fleet command, a boat called the Interceptor launched today in Europe. It’s mission: To boldly go and cleanup our planet from heaps of junk plastic clogging up its rivers.

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The crusade to curb ordinary life

The moral crusade to inconvenience and curb our consumer choices and lifestyles, is about power and control.

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