NBC News: Plastic straw ban? Cigarette butts are the single greatest source of ocean trash – PowerHouse Energy #PHE
Cigarette butts have long been the single most collected item on the world’s beaches, with a total of more than 60 million collected over 32 years. Environmentalists have taken aim at the targets systematically, seeking to eliminate or rein in big sources of ocean pollution — first plastic bags, then eating utensils and, most recently, […]
50 nations ‘curbing plastic pollution’ – BBC News
More than 50 nations are taking action to reduce plastic pollution, says the UN in the biggest report so far. By Roger Harrabin BBC environment analyst India will eliminate all single-use plastic in the country by 2022, with an immediate ban in urban Delhi. The pledge from a nation of 1.3 billion people is the most […]