#plàstics — Public Fediverse posts
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10-Sep-2026
Heavy rainfall amplifies riverine #microplastics transport worldwide, particularly in developing nations -
LA Times: Leaked emails reveal industry plan to kill California’s plastic and recycling laws
"...Internal memos from a trade organization potentially impacted by California’s single use plastic law reveals a coordinated push to dismantle the landmark legislation by stoking anxiety over affordability and living costs...."
#recycling #plastics #fossilfuels #climateemergency #astroturfing
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"Plastic Overshoot Day: One-third of global plastic waste won’t be properly managed in 2026"
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Can breath be art? Liz Larner on sculpting with hair, lashes, leather – and international group exhalation
By Daniel CulpanThe Californian once cultivated petri dishes breathed on by artists that turned ‘murky and scary’. But now, in our dystopian age of space technocrats, she’s taking inspiration from Nasa shots of asteroids
https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2026/sep/07/breath-liz-larner-hair-lashes-nasa-asteroids
#Artanddesign #Culture #Installation #Plastics #Art #Environment #TheGuardian #DanielCulpan
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Remember those 1990s plastic bags that were marketed as biodegradable?
It was true. They really did degrade. Into microplastics. 🙄
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Scientists Studied Lung Cancer Patients—A Troubling Pattern Emerged
Microplastics have become an unavoidable part of modern life, but what happens after they are breathed into the…
#NewsBeep #News #US #USA #UnitedStates #UnitedStatesOfAmerica #Health #cancer #LungCancer #Lungs #Microplastics #Plastics #Research #study
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"Takeaway cups may be releasing microplastics into your coffee"
#Cups #Coffee #Plastic #Plastics
https://phys.org/news/2026-08-takeaway-cups-microplastics-coffee.html
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The plastic waste overtaking New York – and the people trying to curb it
By Photo essay by Bryan Anselm, words by Dharna NoorFrom New York to Quebec, photographer Bryan Anselm spent months capturing spaces overrun with plastic and the actions individuals and groups are taking to reduce waste
#Plastics #Photography #NewYork #Environment #Pennsylvania #USnews #Quebec #Pollution #Plasticfree #Waste #TheGuardian #PhotoessaybyBryanAnselm #wordsbyDharnaNoor
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Rising microplastics in soil a threat to UK food security, MPs and campaigners say | Plastics | The Guardian
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2026/sep/01/rising-microplastics-in-soil-a-threat-to-uk-food-security-mps-and-campaigners-say -
Rising microplastics in soil a threat to UK food security, MPs and campaigners say https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2026/sep/01/rising-microplastics-in-soil-a-threat-to-uk-food-security-mps-and-campaigners-say #Plastics #Soil #Pollution #Environment #EnvironmentPolicy #UkNews
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Rising microplastics in soil a threat to UK food security, MPs and campaigners say
By Damien Gayle Environment correspondentReport calls for legally binding targets to cut microplastic pollution as soil ‘is a complex living ecosystem’
#Plastics #Soil #Pollution #Environment #Environmentpolicy #UKnews #TheGuardian #DamienGayleEnvironmentcorrespondent
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"1.3m plastic bottles collected in a day in global volunteer ocean cleanup"
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Country diary: We’re going on a nurdle hunt | Richard Smyth
By Richard SmythWhitley Bay, North Tyneside: A huge community effort is under way to clear up a spill of these disastrously resilient beads. We take a family trip to the beach to do our bit
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2026/aug/29/country-diary-were-going-on-a-nurdle-hunt
#Coastlines #Plastics #Environment #Ruralaffairs #UKnews #Pollution #Marinelife #TheGuardian #RichardSmyth
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“Globally we’re using over 12.5 million metric tons of agricultural plastics annually”
This is contaminating our lands (reducing soil nutrients and yields), and possibly our food supply.
https://insideclimatenews.org/news/28082026/california-farms-plastic-reliance/
#Plastic #Environment #Pollution #Farming #Agriculture #Food #Plastics
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1.3m plastic bottles collected in a day in global volunteer ocean cleanup
By Matthew PearceOcean Conservancy says last year’s cleanup collected 13.9m pieces of rubbish from beaches and rivers worldwide
#Plastics #Oceans #Marinelife #Rivers #Pollution #Waste #Environment #Worldnews #TheGuardian #MatthewPearce
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1.3m plastic bottles collected in a day in global volunteer ocean cleanup https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2026/aug/26/plastic-bottles-coastal-cleanup-ocean-conservancy #Plastics #Oceans #MarineLife #Rivers #Pollution #Waste #Environment #WorldNews
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@ghostdancer @Futurism @the-latest-in-science-Futurism Pfff, I'm afraid they'll be the most expensive cookies in the world. Not a solution for poorest countries, for sure.
The real solution is #degrowth and eliminating #plastics from our day-to-day life, the rest is only a way to #plasticindustry washing... :ablobcatwobfast:
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Same with plastics. Most plastic has been produced (and dumped into the sea) in the last ~15 years or less. We, not our ancestors but we, can choose not to.
See "cumulative plastic production" at @ourworldindata
https://ourworldindata.org/grapher/cumulative-global-plastics
Data up to 2019. More than 50% of all plastics ever were produced between 2006 and 2019. The trend continued aggravating, because the total annual plastic production is, as far as I know, still rising.
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"Review of studies on single-use plastics reveals broader circular economy approach is needed"
#Plastic #Plastics #Environment
https://phys.org/news/2026-08-plastics-reveals-broader-circular-economy.html
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"A plastic eater in Bangkok’s canals"
https://news.mongabay.com/short-article/2026/08/a-plastic-eater-in-bangkoks-canals/
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I tried the new Anydeli plastic-free containers: ‘The perfect food storage finally exists’
By Emily FarrisThese food storage containers with clever, reheat-friendly vented lids are ‘endlessly versatile, lightweight and durable’. After selling out for months after launch in April, they are now back in stock
https://www.theguardian.com/thefilter-us/2026/apr/29/anyday-anydeli-container-review
#Lifeandstyle #Plasticfree #Plastics #TheGuardian #EmilyFarris
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I tried the new Anydeli plastic-free containers: ‘The perfect food storage finally exists’
By Emily FarrisThese food storage containers with clever, reheat-friendly vented lids are ‘endlessly versatile, lightweight and durable’. After selling out for months after launch in April, they are now back in stock
https://www.theguardian.com/thefilter-us/2026/apr/29/anyday-anydeli-container-review
#Lifeandstyle #Plasticfree #Plastics #TheGuardian #EmilyFarris
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Cal reduir moltíssim la producció de plàstic. I per allò essencial com la medicina, doncs bé, plàstic fet de bambú que es pot fer biodegradable o permanent segons convingui:
"High-strength, multi-mode processable bamboo molecular bioplastic enabled by solvent-shaping regulation"
Tang et al. 2025
https://www.nature.com/articles/s41467-025-63904-2 -
L'ús del plàstic segueix creixent, per més que s'expliqui. I algunes iniciatives suposadament sanitàries, com la de plàstics (sobrets i demés) d'un sol ús no ajudaven.
A veure si això ho frena una mica: https://www.eldiario.es/sociedad/adios-sobres-ketchup-plasticos-cuenta-acabar-millones-envases_1_13440947.html
Perquè la pressió cal no fer-la només en el consumidor. També en el model industrial.
