Tag: Plastic pollution

NZ researchers find a way to turn single-use knives and forks into a useful plastic foam that insulates buildings.

Scientists didn’t expect to find a range of different microplastics so far away from an urban area. Study reinforces plastic finds in fish elsewhere in NZ.

Conservation movement welcomes SA officially becoming the first State or Territory in Australia to ban plastic drinking straws and cutlery.

Conservation body praises Government for ending the practice of shifting nation’s plastic burden elsewhere, but laws won’t solve problem.