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As the world transitions away from fossil fuels, oil and gas companies are looking towards plastic as their next major growth market.

As the world transitions away from fossil fuels, oil and gas companies are looking towards plastic as their next major growth market.

Infographic: World's Biggest Single-Use Plastic Waste Producers By Niall McCarthy 05/20/21 AT 2:18 AM Published by The Mindaroo Foundation, The Plastic Waste Makers Index analyzed 1,000 factories to determine the companies producing the most single-use plastic waste. The research found that 20 companies were responsible for generating 55 percent of all single-use plastic waste in 2019. The main offenders are petrochemical giants who produce the polymers that become everything from plastic bottles to face masks. ExxonMobil was the biggest worst producer, generating 5.9 million metric ...

In the nearly nine-minute-long video, Morrison notes the Indian community in Australia is a “generous and kind community” going through a difficult time. “I know this is a time of great pain and great fear, as many families in Australia have lost ones in India,” he says in the video. “You know we are witnessing in India an unfolding humanitarian catastrophe.” But he explained the decision to ban returning Australians from India on the basis of medical advice. He said the “temporary” pause would be reconsidered on 15 May, and reviewed every day before then. One of the videos wi...

Heads of charities and superannuation funds, union and education bosses - and they all happen to be women. They're successful in their own right. Deborah Knight says more affordable childcare should be key step to reducing the gender pay gap.(Instagram) Women like Nicola Forrest, who heads up the Mindaroo Foundation; the CEO of Fortescue Metals, Elizabeth Gaines; and the wonderful Ronnie Kahn from Oz Harvest, who I've spoken to a number of times on my radio show about her charity work. And they make a lot of sense. They've written an open letter to the Prime Minister calling for help to get m...