#PlasticPollution is an active hashtag on Bluesky. In the last 30 days, 45 people shared 75 posts with it — around 3 a day. Activity is down 41% versus the previous week, peaking on Sep 8 with 8 posts.
Tags most often used together with #PlasticPollution.
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The world's fifth-largest economy is about to ban most polystyrene foam
Rules taking effect in California ban cups, clamshells and other food ware made from expanded polystyrene foam unless companies meet a high recycling target.
www.news-medical.net
Parental plastic exposure harms offspring through multiple biological routes
Microplastics and nanoplastics are increasingly found throughout aquatic environments, raising concern about whether these tiny particles can move from exposed parents into their offspring.
www.theguardian.com
Rising microplastics in soil a threat to UK food security, MPs and campaigners say
Report calls for legally binding targets to cut microplastic pollution as soil ‘is a complex living ecosystem’
www.theguardian.com
Just 9.5% of plastic made in 2022 used recycled material, study shows
Global research reveals most of 400m tonnes produced using fossil fuels, predominantly coal or oil
www.theguardian.com
Microplastics hinder plant photosynthesis, study finds, threatening millions with starvation
Researchers say problem could increase number of people at risk of starvation by 400m in next two decades
www.news-medical.net
Parental plastic exposure harms offspring through multiple biological routes
Microplastics and nanoplastics are increasingly found throughout aquatic environments, raising concern about whether these tiny particles can move from exposed parents into their offspring.
www.earth.com
Plastic is becoming part of coral beaches in a disturbing new way
Researchers found plasticoral on Okinawa beaches, where heat-altered plastic had become fused with coral rubble in a strange new form of pollution.
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Plastic pollution in agrifood systems and One Health - impact pathways and policy implications
Plastic pollution is pervasive across agrifood systems, creating interconnected illustrative pathways of exposure and harm across environmental, plant, animal and human systems. This technical brief illustrates these linkages through four interconnected impact pathways and demonstrates that plastic pollution is a cross-cutting threat to ecosystem integrity, animal health and welfare, food safety, food security and human well-being. A One Health approach provides a practical framework to connect these impacts and support integrated, preventive and adaptive responses across agrifood systems.
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Only 9% of Plastic Ever Made Has Been Recycled
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Beyond Plastics speaker calls plastics pollution 'existential' at Wethersfield event
Brad Huskinson of Beyond Plastics presented on the limits of plastic recyclability, disposal pathways and advocacy options, and connected local collection models to regional processors including Quantum Organics and HRRA.
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Battle wages over plastic waste pollution into popular Gulf fishing spot
The public will have its say in an October meeting.
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Leadership at a pivotal moment
Throughout her career, Zoe Heller, director of CalRecycle, has been focused on the human connection to environmental effects. That focus
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