#plastic

The Myth of Plastic Recycling.
https://programming.dev/post/29599087

#plastic #recycle

"Plastic production has increased 230-fold since the 1950s, and production is projected to triple by 2060. More than half the total plastic ever made has been produced since 2002.

Much of that growth is being driven by #fossilfuels companies.

“They’re very deliberately redirecting their investment away from the production of gasoline into the production of plastics and petrochemicals,”...

What Are the #Health Impacts of #Plastic?

https://www.nakedcapitalism.com/2025/05/what-are-the-health-impacts-of-plastic.html #microplastics #Environment #Biology

Heart disease deaths worldwide linked to chemical widely used in plastics https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2025/04/250429103143.htm

#health #HeartDisease #environment #plastic #PlasticPollution

In 2018, estimated 356,238 deaths globally were attributed 2 #DEHP #plastic #polymers and their #chemical additive exposure representing 13.497% of all #cardiovascular deaths among individuals aged 55–64. Of these, 349,113 were attributed 2 use of plastics. Geographic disparities - Middle East, South Asia, East Asia, and Pacific accounted for the largest shares of DEHP-attributable CVD deaths (73.163%). Globally, DEHP resulted in 10.473 million YLL. https://www.thelancet.com/journals/ebiom/article/PIIS2352-3964(25)00174-4/fulltext #plastics #pollution

https://www.europesays.com/uk/62432/ Milliways, the chewing gum revolution, arrives in France #étude #alimentation #ChewingGum #consommation #Consumer #EU #Europe #France #GMS #Health #lancement #launch #Milliways #plastic #plastique #santé #study #Supermarkets

A set of #chemicals found in food #packaging, #plastics, & #lotions & #shampoos has been linked to hundreds of thousands of deaths from #HeartDisease, acc/to a study published Tues.
These chemicals, known as #phthalates, were responsible for >350k deaths worldwide in 2018. ~75% of the deaths were in #Asia, the #MiddleEast & the #Pacific — reflecting growing concern about the amount of #plastic in developing countries.

#PublicHealth #health #science #medicine #environment
https://www.thelancet.com/journals/ebiom/article/PIIS2352-3964(25)00174-4/fulltext

How Kamikatsu became Japan's first zero-waste town. https://www.upworthy.com/japan-zero-waste-town

#Japan is a global leader in #plastic bottle & e-waste recycling, with an impressive 86% & 70%, respectively.

#PlasticPollution #Microplastics #Pollution #Environment

https://www.europesays.com/2034194/ How do we solve New Zealand struggles with plastic waste? #NewZealand #plastic #plasticsnewzealand #plasticwaste #rachelbarker #Recycling #waste

Researchers uncover alarming health effects linked to new #PlasticAlternative: 'Can lead to a broad spectrum of health impacts' https://www.thecooldown.com/green-tech/starch-based-microplastics-health-problems-mice/

To reduce the #health & #environmental impacts of #microplastics, scientists created a new type of #plastic using plant starch instead of petroleum. However, new research suggests that these alternative #plastics are just as dangerous to our #health.

Seen in a garden centre last week. Pretty wreath but see the price tag! £100 for #plastic #flowers!

#Poilivre wants to reverse our attempts to help the #environment and creatures that inhabit it.

"The Problem
Single-use plastics, such as drinking straws, are polluting the world’s oceans at an alarming rate and endangering #marine #wildlife.
The United States alone contributes 500 million straws daily to this #plastic wasteland. That’s enough straws to wrap around the #earth 2.5 times each day."

#Canpoli #Cdnpoli #Canada #USA

https://www.pacificwhale.org/what-we-do/conservation/the-last-straw/

World Struggles with #Plastic #Waste as Only 9 Percent Is #Recycled Globally

https://www.digitalinformationworld.com/2025/04/world-struggles-with-plastic-waste-as.html

The Slate Truck is the first product from Michigan-based Slate Auto.
It’s a machine designed to be extremely basic, extremely customizable, and extremely affordable.
Those are not your typical design goals, but then the Slate Truck isn’t the fruit of your typical design process.
Instead of steel or aluminum, the Slate Truck’s body panels are molded of #plastic.
The theory is that this makes them more durable and scratch-resistant, if only because the lack of paint means they’re #one #color all the way through.
Slate continues the theme through to the upholstery, a heathered textile that was designed to get better looking as it wears. The idea is to lean into the #aged #aesthetic.
But not everybody will dig the shark theme, and so the Slate Truck is designed to be #customizable to a degree never seen before on a production vehicle. Johnson says this is in contrast to the overly curated experience offered by many brands.

https://www.theverge.com/electric-cars/655527/slate-electric-truck-price-paint-radio-bezos

To discard rubbish in #Nature or on our beaches is an act of cruelty, ignorance, & deep selfishness. It’s not merely littering — it’s killing. Every #plastic wrapper, bottle, cigarette butt, or broken glass left behind damages #ecosystems. (1/6)

Meanwhile, major corporations – from oil giants to consumer goods firms – have little incentive to slow production. Powerful industries lobby to keep #plastic cheap & disposable. In the end, the #plastic wave continues to rise, etched into our economy & culture, with few political or technical tools strong enough to stop it. (5/5)

Even #recycling is largely overwhelmed. Only about 9% of #plastic is ever #recycled globally; the rest mostly goes to landfill or leaks into #nature. Processing mills are inundated by mixed, dirty #plastics. (4/5)

#PlasticPollution has ballooned into a crisis of planetary proportions. We now churn out well over 450 million tons of #plastic each year – up from just two million in 1950. Even high-end estimates suggest one to two million tons of this waste enter the oceans annually. The sheer magnitude is overwhelming: drink bottles, packaging & synthetic fibres float in every ocean & pile up on coasts worldwide. (1/5)

Stopping #plastic is shockingly hard. Part of the reason is economic: #plastic is absurdly cheap & profitable. It is a low-cost product of the petrochemical industry – durable, lightweight & versatile – so it has been woven into almost every product. Global output has more than doubled in the last twenty years, locking factories & jobs into its continued growth. We’ve built a global “convenience culture” of single-use packaging that consumers have come to expect. (3/5)

Roughly one million seabirds & over 100,000 marine mammals die each year entangled in or ingesting #plastic. We see turtles wrapped in #plastic bags & seals starved by #plastic straws. The sorrow is that wildlife does not understand our convenience: plankton & fish ingest #microplastics, upsetting the entire food web. (2/5)

Charismatic Generator generates energy from #plastic waste https://www.reddit.com/r/goodnews/comments/1k7yo2r/charismatic_generator_generates_energy_from/