Soil fungus and calcium team up to break down bioplastics faster

A common soil fungus (Purpureocillium lilacinum BA1S), when combined with calcium and mild alkalinity, speeds up the breakdown of biodegradable plastic (PBAT), offering a greener path for managing agricultural and packaging waste.

Pollution from Ineos’s Antwerp plastic plant ‘could cause more deaths than jobs created’

Lawyers challenge €4bn Project One development, saying emissions and health impacts vastly underestimated

Southern Water apologises for catastrophic spill of plastic biobeads in Sussex

Resulting pollution on Camber Sands beach poses threat to wildlife including dolphins and seals

Giving waste plastics a second life as high-performance carbon nanomaterials

A study published in Nature Communications has shown that, rather than being discarded, plastics can be transformed into valuable carbon nanomaterials that help solve both energy and environmental challenges.

The Organic Traveller: Organic Strasbourg: Daily Necessities

‘Environmental catastrophe’ fears as millions of plastic beads wash up on Camber Sands

MP asks for explanation from Southern Water amid concerns the spill could have dire impact on rare sea life

How the plastics industry shifted responsibility for recycling onto you, the consumer | The-14

The plastics industry shifted recycling onto consumers, hiding design flaws while profiting, leaving governments and citizens to manage waste and costs.