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The US, the UK, and other EU countries then responded to China’s ban by sending their waste to other countries including Thailand and Malaysia, who have since followed China’s example in cutting off imports.

According to a report by the CCI, despite their knowledge that recycling plastics is not technically practical, petrochemical companies have continued to push “fraudulent” marketing campaigns to convince consumers otherwise.

A litre of bottled water could contain about 2.4 lakh (240,000) plastic pieces on average. This number is about 10 to 100 times greater than previous estimates

ConAgra Brands Inc. faces a sweeping USDA recall of its popular frozen chicken strips due to alarming plastic contamination concerns.

The high-latitude expedition "Clean Arctic - Vostok-77" set off from Murmansk on August 15. The research will be carried out over one year and cover the continental part of the Arctic. The scientists will travel 12 thousand kilometres and cross 11 time zones.

Smiths Crinkle Cut Salt & Vinegar Chips have been recalled in NSW and Queensland due to fears that they may contain plastic fragments.

A customer complained about "thin blue plastic" in the sausages.

A tonne of discarded cells phones is richer in gold than a tonne of gold ore. Global e-waste generation is growing annually by 2 Mt a problem attributed to higher consumption rates of electronics.

Program will include a comparison of 2020 and 2021 contamination. Plastic contamination affecs every segment of the cotton industry. To help educate cotton producers, ginners and others involved in the cotton industry on this topic, the Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Service will offer the free follow-up Plastics in Cotton Seminar II webinar on May 5. “Those who participated in our Plastics in Cotton webinar last spring are invited to participate in this follow-up program, but partici...

Chocolates Recalled For Possibly Containing Plastic Pieces KEY POINTS The recall affects specific chocolates with specific codes and best-by dates Customers may also want to check assorted packs and gift sets that may contain the recalled chocolates Lake Champlain Chocolates (LCC) is voluntarily recalling several of its chocolate products after learning that they could be contaminated with "brittle plastic pieces." According to the company announcement posted by the U.S. Food and Drug Adminis...