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World in $1.5tn ‘plastics crisis’ hitting health from infancy to old age, report warns theguardian.com/environment/…

World in $1.5tn ‘plastics crisis’ hitting health from infancy to old age, report warns

Plastic production has increased more than 200 times since 1950 and hits health at every stage from extraction to disposal, says review in the Lancet

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‘Total infiltration’: How plastics industry swamped vital global treaty talks theguardian.com/environment/…

‘Total infiltration’: How plastics industry swamped vital global treaty talks

Petrostates and well-funded lobbyists at UN-hosted talks are derailing a deal to cut plastic production and protect people and the planet

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5 things to know about the global ocean summit in Nice politico.eu/article/united-n…

5 things to know about the global ocean summit in Nice

The world’s oceans are sick. Global leaders are in the French Riviera this week to attempt to agree on the cure.

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I just signed the petition to to demand the Government tax the super rich to rebuild our NHS, schools, and other public services. Will you sign too? you.38degrees.org.uk/petitio… via @38degrees

Tax the super rich to stop cuts to public services

Across the UK, living standards are falling and millions live in poverty, while the cost of living crisis has made affording the basics difficult. Public services we all rely on - our hospitals,...

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Single-use plastic waste on UK and Channel Island beaches ‘up by 9.5% last year’ theguardian.com/environment/…

Single-use plastic waste on UK and Channel Island beaches ‘up by 9.5% last year’

Litter such as crisp packets and bottle tops are polluting the coast at the rate of nearly two items a sq metre, conservation charity report finds

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Coca-Cola accused of quietly dropping its 25% reusable packaging target theguardian.com/environment/…

Coca-Cola accused of quietly dropping its 25% reusable packaging target

Exclusive: Campaigners say company’s apparent abandoning of 2030 pledge is a ‘masterclass in greenwashing’

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Hope of breakthrough at international plastic treaty talks after two-year deadlock theguardian.com/environment/…

Hope of breakthrough at international plastic treaty talks after two-year deadlock

‘Important shift’ made in global attempts to address plastic pollution though final treaty text yet to be agreed

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Plastics lobbyists make up biggest group at vital UN treaty talks theguardian.com/environment/…

Plastics lobbyists make up biggest group at vital UN treaty talks

Fossil fuel and chemical industry representatives outnumber those of the EU or host country South Korea

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World will be ‘unable to cope’ with volume of plastic waste in 10 years, warns expert theguardian.com/environment/…

World will be ‘unable to cope’ with volume of plastic waste in 10 years, warns expert

Countries must curb production now and tackle plastic’s full life cycle, says Norwegian minister Anne Beathe Tvinnereim ahead of key UN talks this week

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Plastic pollution is changing entire Earth system, scientists find theguardian.com/environment/…

Plastic pollution is changing entire Earth system, scientists find

Pollution is affecting the climate, biodiversity, ecosystems, ocean acidification and human health, according to analysis

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British food firms lobbied to defer £1.7bn plastic packaging tax, documents reveal theguardian.com/business/202…

British food firms lobbied to defer £1.7bn plastic packaging tax, documents reveal

New scheme to improve recycling rates and tackle pollution was pushed back by Tories after industry complaints

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Most soft plastic collected for recycling is burned, campaigners say theguardian.com/environment/…

Most soft plastic collected for recycling is burned, campaigners say

Campaigners call supermarket takeback schemes a diversion and say there is too much plastic packaging

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California sues ExxonMobil over alleged role in plastic pollution crisis theguardian.com/us-news/2024…

California sues ExxonMobil over alleged role in plastic pollution crisis

First-of-its-kind suit comes as climate experts claim that fossil fuel producers are deceiving public about plastics

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How the small Pacific island nation of Vanuatu drastically cut plastic pollution theguardian.com/environment/…

How the small Pacific island nation of Vanuatu drastically cut plastic pollution

With lagoons once choked by rubbish, pressure from the appalled community led the government to ban certain single-use products

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Microplastics found in every human testicle in study

Scientists say discovery may be linked to decades-long decline in sperm counts in men around the world

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A global plastic treaty will only work if it caps production, modelling shows theconversation.com/a-global… via @ConversationUK

A global plastic treaty will only work if it caps production, modelling shows

But how the world will get to zero pollution is still uncertain – and production caps are untested.

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Countries consider pact to reduce plastic production by 40% in 15 years

Motion sets out worldwide target in alignment with Paris agreement to limit global heating to 1.5C

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This year 175 nations are coming together to agree a #GlobalPlasticsTreaty to cut plastic production. Ask your MP to keep up the pressure for a genuinely transformative treaty that tackles plastic pollution for good. Let’s make history: act.gp/4cRfRKU
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Study of UK’s top bamboo loo rolls shows some are made from other woods

Supposedly ecologically sound toilet paper brands contain as little as 2.7% of the eco-friendly paper source

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UK gives £600m backing to Jim Ratcliffe’s ‘carbon bomb’ petrochemical plant

Campaigners say Ineos project in Antwerp will turbocharge plastic production on a scale not seen before in Europe

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