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Solving the planet's plastic problem by closing the recycling loop
Our planet has a plastic problem. Of the billions of tons produced, only a small part, less than 10%, has been recycled . The rest is thrown into dumps. It is burnt, or ends up in the ocean. The international Statistic of the Year for...
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Need 2 Know: California Fires Death Toll, Remembering Stan Lee
These are the headlines you Need 2 Know for Tuesday, Nov. 13, 2018.
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The Brief: EPP troubles, Barnier warning and plastic words
In this edition of the Brief: EPP troubles, Barnier warning and plastic words
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EU throwaway plastic ban - the last straw?
Is it the last straw? MEPs have been debating new rules on single-use plastics in an effort to reduce plastic waste in our oceans. The list of items to be scrapped include cotton buds, plastic cutlery, straws which make up 70 per cent of...
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Bye-bye plastics: MEPs approve single-use plastic ban
Plastic straws may be confined to the history books, and not the ocean after MEPs voted through a ban on single-use plastics. The proposal includes a ban on some of the most widely used throwaway items such as plates, cotton buds, and...
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Meet the man who built a floatable bike to clean up London's canals
Dhruv Boruah is a local celebrity in London: when people see him riding his floatable bike fishing out litter from the city’s canals he receives encouragement from curious onlookers. The former consultant built his own bamboo water bike...
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Endowment Offers $1 Million for Tech to Get Plastic Out of Oceans
The Endowment for Clean Oceans is holding a contest for anyone with an idea that could remove some of the plastic choking our oceans. Founder Daniel Perrin said there's emerging technology that could help the process, and he wants to...
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Raw Politics: Exclusive interview with Tajani, plastic ban debate
On Raw Politics this Wednesday: Exclusive interview with President of the European Parliament Tajani: Euronews' Tesa Arcilla sat down for an exclusive interview with the President of the European Parliament, Antonio Tajani. He shared his...
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Zoo dumps plastic waste in aquarium to highlight ocean pollution problem
A zoo in Hungary has tipped plastic waste into an aquarium to draw attention to the destructive impact of ocean pollution. Yoghurt pots, plastic bags, fishing nets and flippers are just some of the pieces of rubbish staff at Pecs Zoo...
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In war on waste, food courts try new strategies
Audits have found as little as 12 per cent of food court waste is recycled or composted. The biggest problem: consumers aren't sorting waste from recyclables.
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Starbucks Pledges to Not Suck
The coffee chain announced on Monday that it will eliminate plastic straws from all its stores by 2020 in an attempt to reduce waste and ocean pollution. To achieve that goal, Starbucks will roll out a new lid with a raised lip....
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'The plastic is a disaster' - rescuing Belgium's rivers
Delve beneath the surface of a river and you don't know what you might find. But, above all, you're likely to discover plastics - and loads of them. As the EU unveils plans to tackle single-use plastics, volunteers have been showing...
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CEO of Invisalign Braces Maker Is Confident in China
Align Technology, which makes Invisalign orthodontics, opened its first manufacturing plant in China in 2017 and expects to have a "good, contained business" there by the end of the year, despite a wider reassessment of U.S.-China trade...
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Visit the "Space of Waste"
London currently uses over a billion single-use plastic water bottles every single year. To raise awareness, an art installation showing the drastic damage humans are doing to the environment by discarding plastic bottles was unveiled at...
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Plastics, as Dangerous as Climate Change, Without the Dissent
More than 9 million tons of unrecycled plastic waste ends up in the ocean every year, according to Jenna Jambeck, an associate professor at the University of Georgia and a National Georgraphic explorer. In its June issue, the magazine is...
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Plastics: As Dangerous as Climate Change, But With a Solution
More than 9 million tons of unrecycled plastic waste ends up in the ocean every year, according to Jenna Jambeck, an associate professor at the University of Georgia and a National Georgraphic explorer. In its June issue, the magazine is...
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Can industrial waste be mined and recycled in sustainable ways?
"Since the 1990s, some 20 million tonnes of industrial waste have been buried in this landfill site," said Futuris correspondent Julian Lopez Gomez, reporting from Houthalen-Helchteren in northeast Belgium. "It's a huge ecological...
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A better bottle
James Longcroft, founder of ChooseWater, on the development of his biodegradable water bottle.
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How your lifestyle is making recycling unsustainable | Reduce, Reuse, Rethink
Our changing lifestyle is making the standard 'blue box recycling' unsustainable as communities struggle to adapt to more plastics and fewer newspapers. New composite plastics are harder to recycle so new technologies are needed — and...
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Drinking bottled water could be bad for your health
Drinking bottled water could be bad for your health, after a CBC Marketplace investigation found that many Canadian bottled water brands contain microplastics. Those microplastics can enter a human's bloodstream and stay there, however...
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Some Canadian bottled water test positive for microplastics
A CBC Marketplace investigation found that many Canadian bottled water brands contain microplastics. Those microplastics can enter a human's bloodstream and stay there, however the potential impact on people hasn't been studied.
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PayPal Is Hoping Cashback Is King
PayPal is going plastic. Company spokesman Josh Criscoe says the new cashback Mastercard will give customers another reason to use its services. He discusses how the card can help with everyday spending.
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Grey Goose's Honey Deuce Cocktail Takes the Court
Grey Goose has been a partner of the U.S. Open for the past decade. The company has sold over a million Honey Deuces. Yann Marois, CMO and Grey Goose Global Vice President, had the drink's history.
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Finland fights plastic pollution with “green” bags
This week, Business Planet is in Helsinki, at the headquarters of SITRA, the Finnish Innovation Fund. Plastic Pollution Plastic pollution is one of the biggest threats to the environment. Each person in the EU uses up to 200 plastic bags...