BP-5243A

NEWS

RETHINKING PACKAGING

Ghana has taken a bold - but welcomed step - to ban Styrofoam plastic used principally for food packaging. This rather belated move may kickstart rethinking about plastic waste and attainable alternatives.

DW NEWS

Plastics

BP-5212C

NEWS

MICROPLASTIC POLLUTION

RFK jnr says: "Corporations aren’t poisoning us out of malice, but out of economic necessity. That has to change." Each of us needs to be aware of the problem and its extent. Will this man start the Change?

THE PEOPLE'S VOICE

Plastics

BW-5162L

NEWS

PUTTING PLASTIC TO GOOD USE

People in a Columbian village have found ways to reduce the plastic waste problem. Education, collecting and exchanging plastic for things they need and re-use are among them. But the supply must stop.

DW NEWS

Plastics

BP-5162K

NEWS

FALSE AND DECEPTIVE?

A maker of bottled water faces a lawsuite - for alleged "false and deceptive marketing." PepsiCo claims its products are "pure" and its business practices are "sustainable" - even though plastic is a pollutant?

VARIOUS OTHER SOURCES

TB-5075B

Plastics

BP-5124C

NEWS

NO STOPPING OF SINGLE USE?

There's a boom happening - and set to explode over coming years - in the production of single use plastic. We're being told about this - the gov't is told about this. But the gov't are not on course to stop this.

THE GUARDIAN

Plastics