Indonesia’s TOXIC TOFU Timebomb: Poisoning Millions Daily

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Why is less than 10% of the world’s plastic being recycled?

Cutting down on the production of virgin plastics is essential, campaigners say, in the face of such low reuse rates.

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Environment: Less than 10% of global plastics manufactured from recycled materials

Only 9.5% of plastic materials produced globally in 2022 were manufactured from recycled materials. The findings, reported in Communications Earth & Environment, are part of a comprehensive analysis of the global plastics sector...

EurekAlert!

And another research by Auke-Florian Hiemstra and colleagues - when nature strikes back: "Apparently #Magpies and #Crows Are Using "Anti-Bird Spikes" to Make Their Nests":
https://www.audubon.org/magazine/apparently-magpies-and-crows-are-using-anti-bird-spikes-make-their-nests

#birds #birding #nests #plasticwaste

Apparently Magpies and Crows Are Using "Anti-Bird Spikes" to Make Their Nests

Birds often incorporate human-made materials while nest building, but a new study shows European corvids are taking the idea to the extreme.

Audubon

Perhaps you know about the art collaboration between Herbert Duprat and #caddisflies producing precious #casings?
Inspired by this work, biologist Auke-Florian Hiemstra et al. worked about the cases for detecting #plasticWaste before the term #microplastics existed.

A fascinating thread about the scientists' detective work https://bsky.app/profile/aukeflorian.nl/post/3lmeqk4xpnc2m and the study: https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0048969725005820
#Trichoptera tell about 50 years of #plastics history.

#naturalMuseum #anthropocene

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NEW PAPER, JUST OUT! 👀 Insects from the '70s and '80s were already collecting microplastic, decades before the term microplastic even existed. 🤯 A thread on the surprising history of this pollutant and the incredible insect larvae that helped us uncover it. 🐛 Let's dive in! 🧵👇 1/x

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Coca-Cola’s Plastic Waste Polluting Oceans Projected to Reach 1.3 Billion Pounds per Year by 2030: Oceana Report https://www.ecowatch.com/coca-cola-plastic-waste-oceans.html

#ocean #environment #plastic #PlasticWaste #PlasticPollution #CocaCola

Coca-Cola’s Plastic Waste Polluting Oceans Projected to Reach 1.3 Billion Pounds per Year by 2030: Oceana Report

Coca-Cola products will be account for up to 1.33 billion pounds of plastic waste in oceans and waterways annually by 2030, Oceana reports.

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