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As the world swims in plastic, some offer an answer: Ban the toxic two

In 2023, Mongabay’s reporting fellows covered Earth amid crisis — and hope

Chemical recycling of plastic not so fantastic, report finds

Russia, Saudi Arabia, Iran & petrochemical industry stall plastics treaty: Critics

Jamaica battles relentless plastic pollution in quest to restore mangroves

Circular economy poised to go beyond outdated oil, gas and coal, experts say

Beyond Climate: Fossil fuels rapidly eroding Earth’s ‘safe operating space’

Beyond climate: Oil, gas and coal are destabilizing all 9 planetary boundaries

As companies buy ‘plastic credits,’ are they reducing waste or greenwashing?

Microplastics pose risk to ocean plankton, climate, other key Earth systems

Up in the air: Study finds microplastics in high-altitude cloud water

Zimbabwe sees recycling boom as waste picking becomes lucrative business

For International Youth Day, three youth conservation success stories

Takin’ out the trash: How do transnational waste traffickers operate?

Plastic ‘Frankenrocks’ pose new pollution threat to coastal environment

Funding circularity: Investing in Asia’s circular economy business models

The endless struggle to clean up Rio de Janeiro’s highly polluted Guanabara Bay

‘We must never assume that a healthy planet is automatic’ says WCS’s new CEO Monica Medina

Clean me a river: Southeast Asia chokes on Mekong plastic pollution

Nepal’s rhinos are eating plastic waste, study finds

Tangled in marine debris, skate egg cases dry up and die on Peruvian beaches

Annual Adam’s Peak pilgrimage leaves Sri Lanka biodiversity site littered

In Bangladesh, microplastic threat to frogs is also concern for rice farming

UN Paris meeting presses ahead with binding plastics treaty — U.S. resists

Even in recycling, microplastics remain a persistent polluter, study shows

U.N. parties are worlds apart on plastics treaty solutions

‘Plasticosis’: the new disease killing seabirds and likely many other species

Scientists confirm plastic is a new threat to the Andean condor in Peru

Plastic works its way up the food chain to hit fishing cats, study shows

Innovators develop seaweed-based alternatives to plastic food wrappers

Deliberate dumping of plastic trash in the Pacific: How widespread is it? (commentary)

Plastic pellet pollution can end through coordinated efforts, report shows

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