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For years, China accepted enormous amounts of plastic waste from wealthy countries — but in 2018 it imposed a ban. Now other Southeast Asian countries like Malaysia are being flooded with plastic waste. Source: CNN
Download: Albatross Coalition President Obama Letter 2017 01 16 Dear President Obama, Thank you for expanding the Papahanaumokuakea Marine National Monument to the largest in the world and, at the September Our Oceans Conference, designating the first Atlantic Ocean Monument – the Northeast Canyons and Seamounts Marine National Monument. We, the Save The Albatross Coalition, were…
170 countries couldn’t agree. The fifth round of United Nations negotiations to create a global plastic pollution treaty ended in disappointment in Busan, South Korea in December 2024, with no agreement reached after two years of talks. The summit brought together over 3,300 participants from more than 170 nations, all working toward what would have…
by Matt Franklin | May 10, 2019 | Press Release | Major Plastic Waste Producers Must Get Consent Before Exporting their Toxic Trash to Global South Also available in Bahasa Indonesia: PBB Memutuskan untuk Mengontrol Pembuangan Sampah Plastik Global FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE MAY 10, 2019 Geneva, Switzerland — Today, 187 countries took a major step forward in curbing the plastic waste crisis by…
PDF Version WHEREAS, the first Earth Day was over 50 years ago. Recycling, its natural industrial child, was envisioned to complete the resource circle, save the wilderness, generate jobs, and build the back end of the Gross National Product (GNP) all at once; WHEREAS, the Earth calls us each and all to move swiftly towards…
The “Connect the Cap” (formerly “Leash the Lid”) bill, AB 319 (Stone), passed the Assembly Natural Resources Committee January 8, 7 Ayes – 3 Noes, and now it’s going to the Assembly Floor! California readers, please let your Assembly representative know you support of this groundbreaking effort to reduce plastic pollution and save the lives…