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Chemical recycling: ‘Green’ plastics solution makes more pollution, says report

Claire Asher 22 Mar 2022

Pharmaceutical water pollution detected deep in the Brazilian Amazon

Jenny Gonzales 21 Mar 2022

The world says yes to a cradle to grave plastics treaty: Now the work begins

Charles Pekow 7 Mar 2022

Microplastics plus organic pollutants equals 10 times the toxicity, study finds

Elizabeth Claire Alberts 4 Mar 2022

Caffeine: Emerging contaminant of global rivers and coastal waters

Sean Mowbray 22 Feb 2022

Red seas and no fish: Nickel mining takes its toll on Indonesia’s spice islands

Rabul Sawal 16 Feb 2022

Tiny plastic particles accumulating in river headwaters: Study

Claire Asher 10 Feb 2022

As world drowns in plastic waste, U.N. to hammer out global treaty

Charles Pekow 2 Feb 2022

South Africa authorizes dumping at sea of cargo that turned volatile

Malavika Vyawahare 26 Jan 2022

Innovative sewage solutions: Tackling the global human waste problem

Sean Mowbray 25 Jan 2022

The thick of it: Delving into the neglected global impacts of human waste

Sean Mowbray 11 Jan 2022

Despite deals, plans and bans, the Mediterranean is awash in plastic

Elizabeth Claire Alberts 11 Nov 2021

Mycoremediation brings the fungi to waste disposal and ecosystem restoration

Carly Nairn 15 Sep 2021

Plant-based face masks? This young Philippine inventor has you covered

Ethan Kisses Guevarra 6 Sep 2021

Studies debunk ‘nature is healing’ narrative from 2020 lockdowns

Jansen Baier 1 Sep 2021

Fully recyclable paper cups? They exist, but you won’t find them at Starbucks

Mongabay.com 26 Aug 2021

Playing the long game: ExxonMobil gambles on algae biofuel

Carly Nairn 6 Jul 2021

Biofuel in Mexico: Uphill battle against bureaucracy, organized crime

Sandra Weiss 2 Jul 2021

Converting biowaste to biogas could power cleaner, sustainable Earth future

Marina Martinez 1 Jul 2021

A startup deploys black soldier flies in the Philippines’ war on waste

Bong S. Sarmiento 25 Jun 2021

After two collapses, a third Vale dam at ‘imminent risk of rupture’

Juliana Ennes 14 Jun 2021
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‘Opening the lid’ on toilet innovation: Q&A with author Chelsea Wald

John Cannon 6 Apr 2021

Palm oil waste is latest item declared non-hazardous by Indonesia

Hans Nicholas Jong 5 Apr 2021

Mining sites in Indonesia’s disaster-prone areas a ticking time bomb: Report

Hans Nicholas Jong 10 Mar 2021

Sri Lanka to the U.K.: Here’s your waste back. And there’s more to come

Malaka Rodrigo 9 Dec 2020

Flip-flops, fishing gear pile up at Aldabra, a UNESCO World Heritage Site

Malavika Vyawahare 23 Sep 2020

Manila’s new white sand coast is a threat to marine life, groups say

Leilani Chavez 14 Sep 2020

In Indonesia’s coastal villages, the plastic crisis is both homegrown and invasive

Basten Gokkon 9 Sep 2020

As lockdown ends, activists brace to resume fight over Manila Bay reclamation

Leilani Chavez, Susan Claire Agbayani 25 May 2020

Locals stage latest fight against PNG mine dumping waste into sea

Ian Morse 22 May 2020

Indonesian miners eyeing EV nickel boom seek to dump waste into the sea

Ian Morse 18 May 2020

Satellite imagery is helping to detect plastic pollution in the ocean

Elizabeth Claire Alberts 1 May 2020

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