“We need our citizens to feel safe in their own homes,” the major of East Palestine told his residents a week after chemical-laden train cars derailed and were detonated.
The disaster highlights the dangers of the world’s growing reliance on plastics,which are made from two key chemicals of concern,vinyl chloride and butyl acrylate.
Rather than tackle polluting corporate giants,individuals are asked to “do their bit”. The result? People feel powerless and greenwashed corporations continue to trash the planet.
The world’s addiction to single-use plastics is growing worse by the year,with 139 million tonnes consumed in 2021,up from 133 million tonnes in 2019.
The Australian Marine Conservation Society say waiting two years to ban certain plastics would allow millions more harmful items to be produced.
A metal chamber in a metal room in a sealed Brisbane lab contains one of the rarest things on earth – a plastic-free space. And it’s being used to detect toxic trespassers.
The NSW environment watchdog has issued the supermarket giants with “clean-up” orders to remove 5200 tonnes of plastic waste.
A ban on plastic straws and cups that begins next week will be useless unless it is actively policed after a similar move on single-use plastic bags has failed to result in one fine or prosecution.
Retailers are quietly abandoning the use of the chemical Bisphenol A,which in 2020 was present on more than three quarters of retail receipts.
The environmental watchdog investigating the collapse of Australia’s largest plastic bag recycling program has charged the operators of the REDcycle program for failing to provide information.
Almost 8000 tonnes of plastic bags have been found in warehouses across three states after the collapse of Australia’s largest soft plastics recycling program.