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Traveling in Europe has highlighted the stark contrast in the usage of single-use plastics, such as drinking straws and cutlery in comparison to the U.S. Across the U.S., cities and municipalities within a single state may do things differently. (udel.edu)
The Montgomery County Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) challenges you to give up plastics by finding alternatives to single-use plastics. (montgomerycountymd.gov)
Give up plastics and switch to a reusable bottle to help reduce single-use plastics! (montgomerycountymd.gov)
It's a simple step to eliminate unnecessary single-use plastics every day! (montgomerycountymd.gov)
The next time you buy groceries, consider how many single-use plastics you could avoid if you bought food in bulk. (montgomerycountymd.gov)
Save money, reduce single-use plastics, and enjoy convenience! (montgomerycountymd.gov)
People are now prepared to move into biodegradable polymers for single-use plastics, but if it turns out that it creates more problems than it's worth, then the policy might revert back," said Ting Xu, UC Berkeley professor of materials science and engineering and of chemistry. (eurekalert.org)
We can solve this continuing problem of single-use plastics not being biodegradable. (eurekalert.org)
However, most plastics have their origins in fossil based oil and gas and they have increasingly come under public scrutiny because of the preponderance of single use plastics in consumer products, their poor recycling rates (less than 10% globally) and their high-profile observation in unexpected parts of the ecosystem due to their improper disposal. (uh.edu)
Advocates also see the bans as a first step in a campaign to reduce single-use plastics and a means to compel consumers to think critically about the environmental impact of their buying decisions. (yahoo.com)
California's state legislature is considering a series of bills that would phase out single-use plastics entirely by 2030. (yahoo.com)
Economics offers a straightforward answer: instead of banning single-use plastics, the right strategy is to tax them. (yahoo.com)
Such is the nature of the emergency that the United Nations, earlier this year, called for an all-out war against Single Use Plastics, when it declared ' Beat Plastic Pollution ' as the theme for the World Environment Day 2018. (greenpeace.org)
The approach of doing away with single use plastics, if executed successfully, has immense potential of dealing with the ongoing situation. (greenpeace.org)
For the consumption leading into the massive production of single use plastics to be regulated, the larger onus lies not on consumers but on packaging companies and corporations using plastics in their respective brand propositions - products and/or packaging. (greenpeace.org)
and concludes that unfortunately none of the companies surveyed have plans to put the brakes on the growing production and marketing of single-use plastics, while the solutions they are exploring will only perpetuate the problem. (greenpeace.org)
Effective from 19 October 2023, the Isle of Man will cease the supply of specified single-use plastics. (www.gov.im)
The utilisation of single-use plastics signifies an unsustainable depletion of oil, a finite resource. (www.gov.im)
It is essential to acknowledge that alternatives to single-use plastics are readily available. (www.gov.im)
Failure to comply with the ban and continuing to supply banned single-use plastics after the stipulated date may result in fines. (www.gov.im)
It is crucial to recognise that simply replacing single-use plastics with items made of alternative materials may still impact the environment and fail to reduce waste. (www.gov.im)

In this Essential Knowledge series volume, Imari Walker-Franklin and Jenna Jambeck provide a deep exploration of the entire life of plastic things-plastics production and use, plastic waste generation and management, the environmental and societal impacts of plastics in our environment, and, finally, the policies that can help reduce pollution caused by our heavy use of plastics. (mit.edu)
One of the most current and comprehensive summaries on the subject, Plastics covers not only ocean and terrestrial plastic pollution but also the potential harms of microplastics on the human body. (mit.edu)
Additionally, she is a writer, actor, and director for her science communication YouTube channel, which discusses plastic pollution and its possible solutions. (mit.edu)
University of Delaware researchers LaShanda Korley (left) and Thomas Epps, III, are co-authors of a Science magazine article calling for a concerted effort to address the urgent crisis of plastics pollution. (udel.edu)
From the Arctic to Antarctica, ocean debris is killing marine wildlife-but we still have the power to stop plastic pollution. (nwf.org)
Plastic trash taints a remote beach on Aiduma Island in Indonesia, one of the world's top five producers of plastic pollution. (nwf.org)
The wildlife impact of plastic pollution is staggering. (nwf.org)
Legislators from the Northeast are working across state lines to reduce plastic pollution and transition to zero-waste. (wamc.org)
Biodegradable plastics have been advertised as one solution to the plastic pollution problem bedeviling the world, but today's "compostable" plastic bags, utensils and cup lids don't break down during typical composting and contaminate other recyclable plastics, creating headaches for recyclers. (eurekalert.org)
The idea of banning plastic straws as a means to reduce pollution has become an unexpected flashpoint of political debate in recent years. (yahoo.com)
Focusing on small items like plastic straws, some argue, distracts us from addressing the more significant sources of pollution. (yahoo.com)
There's no doubt plastic pollution is a major environmental threat. (yahoo.com)
Given the massive amount of pollution our undeterred dependency on plastics has eventually resulted in, it may soon end up in every form of life. (greenpeace.org)
Work with countries around the world to develop strong enforceable and locally relevant policies to turn back the tide on ocean plastic pollution through addressing in country plastic use and waste management, reducing unintentional release of microplastics and advancing environmentally sustainable international trade of plastics. (pewtrusts.org)
Identify and support trade-related policy solutions to help reduce plastic pollution via the World Trade Organization and other forums. (pewtrusts.org)
Update the " Breaking the Plastic Wave " analysis with new data to assess progress since the release of the 2020 report and facilitate additional government policies and corporate action to maintain momentum to stop ocean plastic pollution. (pewtrusts.org)
Plastic pollution is a costly, destructive, and growing problem worldwide. (pewtrusts.org)
Notably, the Isle of Man took an early initiative within the British Isles by enacting legislation to ban all items listed under the EU Plastics Directive, emerging as a leader in the fight against plastic pollution alongside jurisdictions like Scotland. (www.gov.im)
Photos: Plastic pollution on shorelines in the Pacific. (iucn.org)
No place on the planet is shielded from plastic pollution. (iucn.org)
Curbing plastics production to a sustainable level and eradicating plastic pollution are a matter of environmental justice. (iucn.org)
The Pacific islands and other large ocean small island developing states (LOSIDS ) are disproportionally exposed to plastic pollution and vulnerable to its impacts. (iucn.org)
Poor and vulnerable populations bear an unfair share of the detrimental impacts of plastics and LOSIDS bear a disproportionate share of the impacts marine plastic pollution. (iucn.org)
This year, the theme of the Day is "Beat plastic pollution" - a call for action for the world to work together to address one of the great environmental challenges of our time and raise global awareness of the need to reduce the heavy burden of plastic pollution on people's health and the threat it poses to the environment and wildlife. (who.int)
World Environment Day 2018 aims at catalysing governments, industry, communities and individuals to come together to combat plastic pollution and explore sustainable alternatives. (who.int)
Aleke Stöfen-O'Brien will reflect on the third meeting of the Intergovernmental Negotiating Committee to develop an international legally binding instrument on plastic pollution, including in the marine environment which took place from 13-19 November 2023 in Nairobi, Kenya. (lu.se)

They merged the company with Plastic Concepts and Centrex Plastics, before selling it to an undisclosed buyer in 2023. (wikipedia.org)
EPA 2023 ) Plastics are used to make a wide range of products, including appliances, furniture, and clothing, but packaging is the largest market for plastics and the largest source of plastic waste. (montgomerycountymd.gov)
In the webinar on June 5, 2023 the institutes presented the results of their white paper: How a future-proof, circular and sustainable plastics economy should look like . (tno.nl)

Complex recipes are used in many plastics, Korley said, and often include several kinds of polymers and other additives. (udel.edu)
The most durable plastics have an almost crystal-like molecular structure, with polymer fibers aligned so tightly that water can't penetrate them, let alone microbes that might chew up the polymers, which are organic molecules. (eurekalert.org)
That includes plastics derived from renewable resources, longer-lasting polymers and new end-of-life options for polymers. (uh.edu)
As the use of plastics in vehicle manufacturing and safety features increases, lightweighting design techniques-the integration of plastics and polymers into vehicle design where other materials have been used traditionally-can benefit performance and environmental sustainability as well. (popsci.com)
Ludwigshafen, Germany - June 25, 2013 - BASF aims to continue growing faster than the market with its downstream plastics, as well as large-volume monomers and commodity polymers. (basf.com)
Natural polymers that remain unaltered by chemical modifications are exempt from the ban, as are compostable plastics conforming to British Standard EN 13432. (www.gov.im)
We invite you to submit abstracts if you are interested in presenting your research or organisation with relevance to the scope of the conference: renewable building blocks and polymers, polymer design and recycling, and plastics governance. (lu.se)
BSF larvae were reared on two widely used plastic polymers and shotgun metagenomics was exploited to evaluate if and how plastic -containing diets affect composition and functions of the gut microbial community . (bvsalud.org)

Plastics Market Worth $654.38 Billion By 2020: Grand View Research, Inc. (prnewswire.com)
The Global Plastics Market is expected to reach USD 654.38 billion by 2020, according to a new study by Grand View Research, Inc. Growth of major end-use industries such as packaging, construction and automotive particularly in emerging markets of China , India and Brazil is expected to remain a key driving factor for global plastic demand. (prnewswire.com)
PET is expected to be the fastest growing product segment for plastics, at an estimated CAGR of 8.5% from 2014 to 2020. (prnewswire.com)
Global plastics demand was 233.75 million tons in 2013 and is expected to reach 334.83 million tons by 2020, growing at a CAGR of 5.3% from 2014 to 2020. (prnewswire.com)
Central & South America is expected to be the fastest growing regional market for plastics, at an estimated CAGR of 6.3% from 2014 to 2020. (prnewswire.com)
North America plastic demand is expected to grow at an estimated CAGR of 4.3% from 2014 to 2020. (prnewswire.com)
In 2020, the number of enterprises in the plastic products manufacturing industry in Germany increased by 221 enterprises (+3.51 percent) since 2019. (statista.com)
On 17 December 2020 the regulation (EU) 2020/2151 implementing Directive (EU) 2019/904 of the European Parliament and of the Council on the reduction of the impact of certain plastic products on the environment was adopted in the European Union. (who.int)
The full title of the Regulation is as follows: Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2020/2151 of 17 December 2020 laying down rules on harmonised marking specifications on single-use plastic products listed in Part D of the Annex to Directive (EU) 2019/904 of the European Parliament and of the Council on the reduction of the impact of certain plastic products on the environment. (who.int)

Researchers use catalysis and enzymes to reconstitute some kinds of plastic, such as high-density polyethylene (HDPE), low-density polyethylene (LDPE) and polystyrene/Styrofoam, the kinds of plastics used in milk jugs, shampoo bottles, sandwich bags, coffee cups, grocery bags and food packaging. (udel.edu)
More than a decade passed before Eriksen lashed together 232 plastic bottles to form the bottom of a homemade pontoon raft. (nwf.org)
This #plasticfreejuly, give up plastics and choose a reusable bottle instead of single-use plastic bottles. (montgomerycountymd.gov)
More than a million plastic beverage bottles are sold every minute globally. (montgomerycountymd.gov)
Plastic rubbish, from drinks bottles and fishing nets to the ubiquitous carrier bag, ends up in the world's oceans. (bbc.co.uk)
While the study's authors don't know how the plastic got there, food diaries kept by the volunteers show they had all consumed food wrapped in plastic or drunk from plastic bottles during the week before the samples were taken, and six of them had consumed sea fish. (yahoo.com)
Though we are dealing with plastic wares, we have now introduced steel boxes and bottles to meet the need," says N. Aravind, staff at Kasthuri Plastics. (thehindu.com)
Pressed plastic bottles are seen at a dumping ground in Uholicky village. (weforum.org)
When The Closing Circle was published, there were no plastic soft-drink bottles, and no one imagined that giant corporations would one day brand and bottle tap water. (monthlyreview.org)
Today, 72 billion plastic bottles are produced every year. (monthlyreview.org)
Bottles and bags-together with blister packs, polystyrene tubs, foam peanuts, bubble wrap, styrofoam trays, candy wrappers, and a multitude of other forms of packaging-now account for a third of the plastic produced each year worldwide. (monthlyreview.org)
We buy 1 million plastic bottles every minute. (who.int)

So-called hydrophobic chemicals such as PCBs and other polymer additives accumulate on the surface of the sea and latch on to plastic debris. (bbc.co.uk)
When exposed to heat and water, the enzyme shrugs off its polymer shroud and starts chomping the plastic polymer into its building blocks -- in the case of PLA, reducing it to lactic acid, which can feed the soil microbes in compost. (eurekalert.org)
Xu's idea was to embed nanoscale polymer-eating enzymes directly in a plastic or other material in a way that sequesters and protects them until the right conditions unleash them. (eurekalert.org)
Lighter weight plastics and polymer composites allow for roof designs with a lower center of gravity for the vehicle, helping to reduce the likelihood of a rollover. (popsci.com)
Plastics and polymer composites also are used for their strength and energy absorption properties in vehicle crumple-zones, which can lower costs and help save lives. (popsci.com)
These include expanding production of engineering plastics in Ludwigshafen and the acquisition of Mazzaferro's polyamide polymer business in Brazil. (basf.com)
The conference "STEPS Towards Sustainable Plastics" will present insights from national and international speakers and organisations on the various aspects for a sustainable plastic system such as decoupling plastic production from fossil resources, polymer and plastic design, recycling methods, policies and governance for a circular plastics economy. (lu.se)
The high-definition picture of the BSF gut microbiome gave access for the first time to the genomes of culturable and unculturable microorganisms in the gut of insects reared on plastics and revealed that (i) plastics significantly shaped bacterial composition at species and strain level, and (ii) functions that trigger the degradation of the polymer chains, i.e. (bvsalud.org)

In this Sept. 9, 2018 photo plastic waste sits on a freshly cultivated field in Nauen, Germany. (yahoo.com)
International trade in plastics is booming, worth over USD1 trillion in 2018 (UNCTAD). (iucn.org)

In order to offer novel solutions, chemists of Professor Stefan Mecking's group at the University of Konstanz developed a more sustainable method for chemically recycling polyethylene-like plastics. (uni-konstanz.de)
With our research we want to contribute to making chemical recycling of plastics more sustainable and effective", Stefan Mecking resumes. (uni-konstanz.de)
It further urged governments, industry, communities, and individuals to come together and explore sustainable alternatives and urgently reduce the production and excessive use of single-use plastic polluting our oceans, damaging marine life and threatening human health. (greenpeace.org)
We are committed to accelerating the transition to circular & sustainable plastics - envisioning a circular economy in 2050 that reuses and recycles all materials with minimal carbon dioxide emissions. (tno.nl)
North America and Europe are relatively mature markets for plastics and are driven by new technology and innovation in the field of bio-based and sustainable alternatives. (prnewswire.com)
What does a future-proof, circular, and sustainable plastic economy look like? (tno.nl)
Nevertheless, this has created a much-needed momentum for taking on the many challenges of the current plastic system such as climate impacts of fossil-based plastic materials, a low degree of reuse and recycling, and microplastics in the environment through research and development and innovation for transition to a sustainable plastics system. (lu.se)
The conference is organised by STEPS, Sustainable Plastics and Transition Pathways. (lu.se)

Most compostable plastics, made primarily of the polyester known as polylactic acid, or PLA, end up in landfills and last as long as forever plastics. (eurekalert.org)
University of California, Berkeley, scientists have now invented a way to make these compostable plastics break down more easily, with just heat and water, within a few weeks, solving a problem that has flummoxed the plastics industry and environmentalists. (eurekalert.org)

Plastic debris is also deadly to marine life, such as when they either mistake it for food and starve as it fills their stomachs or get entangled by the plastic and drown. (pewtrusts.org)
In fact, plastic debris can be found in just about every corner of the ocean, including remote islands, both the North and South poles, and even the deep seafloor. (pewtrusts.org)
By turns a memoir, environmental exposé, and call to action, Plastic Ocean is a dramatic account of what Moore has learned in fifteen years of collecting plastic debris in the Pacific Ocean, studying its effects on marine wildlife, tracing its origins, and campaigning to stop it. (monthlyreview.org)
It documents the impact of plastic marine debris as it journeys around the world's oceans, coalescing inside giant oceanic currents known as gyres and concentrating the plastic into areas such as the Great Pacific Garbage Patch that floats north of Hawaii. (cdc.gov)
Hundreds of plastic objects-taken from the tens of thousands of pounds of plastic debris Longobardi has removed from beaches-are on display in Ghosts of Consumption . (cdc.gov)

But he also witnessed "endless trails of plastic trash," from milk crates and polystyrene foam to an entire portable restroom. (nwf.org)

With collaborators from the United Kingdom and Lawrence Berkeley National Lab in California, they call for new approaches to plastics design, production and use, with the goal of keeping plastics out of landfills and waterways, reusing the valuable resources they represent indefinitely in a "circular" plastics economy. (udel.edu)
But in spite of this, the implementation and enforcement still remains lax and massive amounts of plastic waste from other sources still continues to end up in our water bodies and landfills. (greenpeace.org)
At best plastics are disposed of in landfills, leaching toxic chemicals in the soil and ground water, and at worse mismanaged plastics are polluting land, waterways and ultimately the oceans. (iucn.org)

[3] On May 10, 2016, Plastics got together to perform their final concert at Blue Note Tokyo . (wikipedia.org)

With these services, her elite clientele receives the highest quality plastic surgery care without disrupting busy schedules and maintaining the utmost discretion in the comfort of their home, hotel room, and office. (prweb.com)
Dr. Rukimini Rednam specializes in all areas of plastic surgery including aesthetic surgery of the face, breast, and body, including body contouring following massive weight loss, hair restoration, and transplantation. (prweb.com)
Dr. Rednam is also available in-office at the Houston Plastic Craniofacial and Sinus Surgery facilities located in Memorial and The Woodlands. (prweb.com)
In order to investigate its effects on self -esteem, interviews were conducted with six women who underwent plastic surgery within the last two years. (bvsalud.org)
Many plastic surgeons use social media as a marketing tool to attract and retain patients, but information about how patients use social media and their preferred types of plastic surgery posts have been lacking. (medscape.com)
Articles about plastic surgery held the least interest. (medscape.com)
This study is the first to articulate the plastic surgery patient perspective regarding social media. (medscape.com)
Reports on social media's impact on drawing patients to a plastic surgery practice vary. (medscape.com)
by International Confederation for Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery. (who.int)
British Journal of Plastic Surgery [electronic resource]. (who.int)
Aesthetic surgery journal / the American Society for Aesthetic Plastic surgery. (who.int)
Zhonghua zheng xing wai ke za zhi = Zhonghua zhengxing waike zazhi = Chinese journal of plastic surgery. (who.int)
Chinese journal of plastic surgery. (who.int)

As he traveled the seas on research vessels during the following years, Eriksen found increasing evidence that they are contaminated by what he calls "a smog of microplastics-trillions of small bits of plastic swirling in our oceans, on the surface, in the mid-water, from Antarctica to the Arctic, and all waters in between. (nwf.org)
In a seminal report published in 2014, Eriksen and an international team of scientists calculated that there are at least 5.25 trillion individual pieces of plastic floating in the world's oceans, a total of 268,940 tons. (nwf.org)
Microscopic particles of plastic could be poisoning the oceans, according to a British team of researchers. (bbc.co.uk)
Whatever the findings eventually show, there is little that can be done now to deal with the vast quantities of plastic already in our oceans. (bbc.co.uk)
Supporters of straw bans say they are a simple step that can help reduce the massive amount of plastic waste in our oceans that can be harmful to marine life . (yahoo.com)
But there's also no doubt straws barely contribute to the massive plastic blobs gathering in our oceans. (yahoo.com)
Charles Moore with Cassandra Phillips, Plastic Ocean: How a Sea Captain's Chance Discovery Launched a Determined Quest to Save the Oceans (New York: Penguin Group, 2011), 358 pages, $16, paperback. (monthlyreview.org)
In his remarkable book Plastic Ocean , Charles Moore (with Cassandra Phillips) reports on the part of the "unstoppable avalanche of nonessentials" (39) that ends up in the oceans, where it chokes and poisons fish, mammals, and birds, and endangers human life. (monthlyreview.org)
Furthermore, with most of the plastics ever produced lingering in the oceans and the environment for hundreds of years, affecting marine and terrestrial ecosystems as well as reducing the carbon sink capacity of the oceans essential in mitigating climate change, plastics constitute a serious threat to both current and future generations. (iucn.org)
Invading our oceans and marine environment, damaging ecological systems and threatening human health, we urgently need to reduce the production and excessive use of plastic, in particular the use of single-use plastic. (who.int)
The majority of the nearly 6 trillion cigarettes smoked each year are littered, and the filter on cigarettes is comprised of plastic ingredients which are particularly harmful to beaches and oceans . (who.int)

Each component can complicate recycling efforts or make recycling impossible, which is why recyclers will accept some kinds of plastic and refuse others. (udel.edu)
An example is our quality model for recycled plastics, which helps recyclers and product designers evaluate the quality of recycled plastics for their intended application. (tno.nl)

Houston, Texas (PRWEB) August 17, 2017 -- Recently voted Houston's Top Doctors in HTexas magazine, Dr. Rukmini "Vinaya" Rednam distinguishes herself once more by being among Houston's first plastic surgeons to offer boutique and concierge services. (prweb.com)
As of 2017, factories had produced a cumulative 8.3 billion metric tons of new plastic, and only 9% of that amount had ever been recycled. (pewtrusts.org)
The Saint-Gobain Performance Plastics Site in Hoosick Falls, NY, was added to the National Priorities List on July 31, 2017. (cdc.gov)

An estimated 15 million metric tons of plastic enter the world's ocean and waterways each year, threatening marine life and polluting shorelines. (pewtrusts.org)

Plastics News covers the business of the global plastics industry. (plasticsnews.com)
Engage in the development of the United Nations' global plastics treaty, working to encourage ambition in the negotiations and the inclusion of reductions in virgin plastic production, action on microplastics, and disclosure and reporting in any final agreement. (pewtrusts.org)
This chapter argues that "global plastics governance" - the fragmented and variable political and institutional response to the plastics crisis - suffers from strategies that are doomed to fail because they miss what is at stake. (lu.se)

The plastics waste dilemma is a global challenge that requires urgent intervention and a concerted effort that links partners across industrial, academic, financial, and government sectors buttressed by significant investments in sustainability," they write. (udel.edu)
Its focus is on "upcycling" plastics - finding ways to turn plastic waste into valuable materials such as fuels and lubricants. (udel.edu)
Americans generate over 36 million tons of plastic waste per year. (montgomerycountymd.gov)
Help us reduce waste and litter - Give Up Plastics! (montgomerycountymd.gov)
They report that small plastic pellets called "mermaids' tears", which are the result of industry and domestic waste, have spread across the world's seas. (bbc.co.uk)
Furthermore, the chemists also performed this recycling method on mixed plastics as they occur in waste streams. (uni-konstanz.de)
The campaign to reduce plastic waste has begun to move beyond straws. (yahoo.com)
Plastic straws make up a tiny percentage of the waste in the ocean. (yahoo.com)
Making plastic straws available only upon request will make a massive dent in the amount of plastic waste restaurants across the country produce. (yahoo.com)
It will also demonstrate to new activists and environmental consumers that their voices matter, and they have the power to push for even larger reductions in plastic waste. (yahoo.com)
If images of animals and birds choked to death with plastic waste are not appalling enough to cause shudder, human beings unknowingly ingesting microplastics that have made way into our salts, better be a wake-up call towards addressing this humongous threat to our very existence. (greenpeace.org)
It evaluates the respective FMCG Company's responses on how their commitments, actions and performances are addressing the environmental and social impacts of their plastic packaging and waste. (greenpeace.org)
Reusing more plastic waste requires innovative technologies that can recycle plastic as efficiently and effectively as possible. (tno.nl)
Plastic packaging and single-use items become waste immediately after use and often escape into the environment, accounting for 61% of the litter scattered across beaches. (pewtrusts.org)
In an effort to reduce the amount of plastic waste entering marine waters, Pew is working with governments, industry, scientists and other non-governmental organizations or civil society to better understand this global problem and implement impactful and mutually reinforcing solutions across the plastic system. (pewtrusts.org)
In fact, at the current rate, the annual amount of plastic waste entering Earth's ecosystems could almost triple by 2040, according to a study co-authored by researchers at The Pew Charitable Trusts and published in the peer-reviewed journal Science. (pewtrusts.org)
The collected plastic waste is either recycled or converted to electricity through incineration. (www.gov.im)
Some of the chemicals released when plastic-containing waste is burned are carcinogenic, such as dioxin - the common name for a group of toxic chemicals. (who.int)
The environmental, human and ecological damage of plastic waste materials, especially to marine biology, is well documented. (who.int)
In the last few years, considerable attention has been focused on the plastic -degrading capability of insects and their gut microbiota in order to develop novel, effective, and green strategies for plastic waste management . (bvsalud.org)

A comprehensive introduction to the plastics life cycle-the impacts on our lives, our future, and our planet-and the actions we can take. (mit.edu)
While the impacts of plastic contamination on human body are yet to be established, it is no less a cause of grave concern. (greenpeace.org)
A new global governance regime for plastics is needed to mitigate their environmental, health and human rights impacts, especially in the Pacific 'Large Ocean Small Islands Developing States' - A tale of flooding bathrooms. (iucn.org)
The flip side is the exponential growth of plastics production and use, along with their devastating impacts on the environment, wildlife and people . (iucn.org)
The impacts of plastics on human health, the environment and food security all i nfringe on fundamental human rights protected under international human rights law. (iucn.org)
Furthermore, the production of plastics by large international corporations means that the countries and populations most affected by their impacts throughout the life cycle do not have a say in any of the decisions relating to its production . (iucn.org)

From an aesthetic perspective, plastics and plastic composites offer the automotive designer distinct advantages in many applications. (popsci.com)
To investigate patients' preferred social media networks and the type of posts they wished to see, a cross-sectional study was conducted in a single aesthetic practice of two plastic surgeons by surveying 100 consecutive patients. (medscape.com)
[ 8 , 9 ] With their heightened need to attract patients, aesthetic plastic surgeons and those in solo practice are the most likely in the specialty to be on social media. (medscape.com)
Most surgeons agree that social media enhances marketing efforts and can increase patient volume, [ 7 , 8 , 16 ] with 33.8 percent of aesthetic plastic surgeons in one study reporting a positive practice impact and only 1.5 percent reporting a negative impact. (medscape.com)

OHSU plastic surgeons are highly skilled in abdominoplasty or "tummy tuck," an outpatient procedure to eliminate excess fat and skin and create a firmer and slimmer abdominal contour. (ohsu.edu)
The findings aim to help plastic surgeons maximize their influence on their target audience. (medscape.com)
[ 3-6 ] Plastic surgeons favor Facebook, [ 7 ] an excellent choice, because 23 percent of the world's population uses it at least once a month. (medscape.com)
[ 7 ] However, plastic surgeons in another study credited social media with increasing practice volume by only 1 to 10 percent, despite 89 percent of those same plastic surgeons indicating that social media helped in "practice development. (medscape.com)
[ 12 ] Likewise, in a separate study, 70 percent of plastic surgeons surveyed attributed Facebook with referring less than 5 percent of their new patients, [ 11 ] yet the majority of respondents felt that their Facebook presence had a positive impact on their practice. (medscape.com)
For example, Twitter is described as an excellent platform for academic plastic surgeons and for those wishing to find and disseminate journal articles. (medscape.com)
by British Association of Plastic Surgeons. (who.int)

Sturdy and durable plastic does not bio-degrade, it only breaks down physically, and so persists in the environment for possibly hundreds of years. (bbc.co.uk)
In the first decade after the Second World War, plastics were promoted for and used primarily to make durable products: furniture, tires, automobile and airplane components, and the like. (monthlyreview.org)
Cheap, light, moldable and durable, plastics have been the source of significant industrial, trade, sanitation and health progress since they started being manufactured at a large scale in the 1950s. (iucn.org)

Plastics are estimated to comprise 60%-80% of all marine litter, perhaps 90%-95% in some areas. (cdc.gov)
Together with four research colleagues, Sara Ullström, has in a study identified five interconnected problems linked to society's use of plastic: the toxicity of the material, disposable use, dependence on fossil raw materials, the long duration of the plastic, and the litter that plastic gives rise to. (lu.se)
She has been co-convenor of the chapter on marine litter and dumping of the United Nations World Ocean Assessment II and has been serving as delegate to the Intergovernmental Negotiating Committee towards a global plastic treaty. (lu.se)

The bundling of product groups with the same business model - downstream specialty plastics on the one hand and large volume basic products on the other - will help BASF to better focus on meeting customers' needs and operational excellence," said Brudermüller. (basf.com)

Microfibers , microbeads and plastic strands generated as an outcome of degradation of larger plastic pieces - can serve as a few examples of the same. (greenpeace.org)

Eriksen knew that river plastics eventually become the ocean plastics that are now killing marine animals worldwide. (nwf.org)

Scientists in Austria say they've detected tiny bits of plastic in people's stool for the first time, but experts caution the study is too small and premature to draw any credible conclusion. (yahoo.com)
While the world has derived great benefit from the use of plastics, which have transformed people's everyday lives, the negative ecological effects and adverse impact on health from their misuse and overuse cannot be overlooked. (who.int)

When plastics decompose they release chemicals that are hazardous to health, the environment and wildlife. (who.int)

Switch from #6 plastics - they are not recyclable in Montgomery County. (montgomerycountymd.gov)

For the past 25 years, she has served in both research and development and technical service and development in the performance plastics field. (uh.edu)

BSF larvae have proven capability to efficiently bioconvert a wide variety of organic wastes but, surprisingly, have never been considered for plastic degradation. (bvsalud.org)

The authors also explain why we use plastic for so many products, how trash ends up in even the most remote corners of our world, and the alternatives and interventions that can help address our overreliance on this virtually imperishable material. (mit.edu)
American Plastics, formerly Katy Industries, Inc., is a holding company for a group of businesses who produce and distribute maintenance products and electrical products. (wikipedia.org)
But how can plastics be designed so that all of their components can be deconstructed for future use in other products? (udel.edu)
Xu thinks that polyolefin plastics are best turned into higher value products, not compost, and is working on ways to transform recycled polyolefin plastics for reuse. (eurekalert.org)
Plastics News and the associated newsletters, news alerts, data centers, research reports, and other features are products of Crain Communications Inc. Our postal address is 1155 Gratiot Avenue, Detroit, Michigan, 48207. (plasticsnews.com)
Plastic items that have come into contact with oil or greasy products, such as food storage containers, plastic cutting boards and plastic dishware, aren't always easy to clean. (ehow.com)
To tackle greasy plastic, turn to some common household products that are effective degreasers but gentle enough for regular use. (ehow.com)
The automotive plastics industry is ready to accelerate the development of innovative products, deliver superior value to customers and help the automotive industry set new standards in design, safety, and environmental performance. (popsci.com)
It serves well for the rationale around the aforementioned salt assessment report and other similar reports , not mentioning the salt brands tested since the cause for the presence of microplastics in salt didn't lie so much on the salt producers as on the corporations who had vehemently and injudiciously been using plastics in their products which ended up as polluting our surroundings. (greenpeace.org)
Robert Habeck told the Funke media group that microplastics should be banned from cosmetic products and the use of plastic packaging should be greatly reduced. (yahoo.com)
CHICAGO -- Applimation, Inc., the leading provider of enterprise data management solutions for packaged and custom applications, announced today that it has been selected by Silgan Plastics Corporation, a leading supplier of consumer goods packaging products, to improve the performance of its Oracle E-Business Suite applications. (networkcomputing.com)
But while plastics are still widely used for long-lasting products, the industry has found its biggest success with throwaways, products specifically designed to be used once and discarded. (monthlyreview.org)
This regulation establishes the harmonised marking specifications for, inter alia, tobacco products with filters and filters marketed for use in combination with tobacco products, and which contain plastics. (who.int)

The new technology should theoretically be applicable to other types of polyester plastics, perhaps allowing the creation of compostable plastic containers, which currently are made of polyethylene, a type of polyolefin that does not degrade. (eurekalert.org)
Specifically in the case of polyethylene - the most widely used plastic - chemical recycling is difficult. (uni-konstanz.de)
Stefan Mecking and his team report on a method that makes a more energy-efficient chemical recycling of polyethylene-like plastics possible, coupled with a very high recovery rate of around 96 per cent of the starting materials. (uni-konstanz.de)
Stefan Mecking's research team demonstrated this chemical recycling on polyethylene-like plastics based on plant oil. (uni-konstanz.de)
Polyethylene (PE) emerged as the leading product segment for plastics and accounted for 34.9% of total market volume in 2013. (prnewswire.com)

Plastics have become an environmental crisis. (wamc.org)
The chapter gives three brief examples of such diverse economies and reflects on their potential to address the plastics crisis. (lu.se)

The researchers showed that the RHP-shrouded enzymes did not change the character of the plastic, which could be melted and extruded into fibers like normal polyester plastic at temperatures around 170 degrees Celsius, or 338 degrees Fahrenheit. (eurekalert.org)
The researchers use "breaking-points" on a molecular level to disassemble the plastic back to its molecular components. (uni-konstanz.de)
The researchers analysed 35 different works of art and exhibitions to see which elements or problems related to plastic they presented. (lu.se)

Our much guarded food chain has long been breached by plastics, and hence, it did not come up as a surprise when a recent study co-designed by Kim, Seung-Kyu, Professor at Incheon National University and Greenpeace East Asia, suggested that over 90% of sampled salt brands globally contain microplastics. (greenpeace.org)
Plastic packaging is indispensable and simultaneously a significant source of microplastics. (tno.nl)

Asia Pacific emerged as the largest regional market for plastics and accounted for over 44.6% of total market volume in 2013. (prnewswire.com)

The production and use of plastics has defined the modern era and since the early 1950s they have substantially grown to be the material of choice in diverse applications. (uh.edu)
The production of plastics was projected to grow by a factor of five over the next twenty five years and the chemicals industry has been preparing for this by expanding production facilities worldwide. (uh.edu)
Silgan Plastics Corporation selected Applimation Informia Archive to improve the production environment performance of its most heavily used Oracle E-Business Suite modules including Inventory, WIP, BOM and Payroll. (networkcomputing.com)
The yearly production of plastics has grown from 2 million tonnes in 1950 to approximately 380 million tonnes, and is projected to quadruple by 2050. (iucn.org)

Volatile raw material prices coupled with growing environmental concerns regarding plastics disposal and sustainability is expected to pose a serious challenge to market participants. (prnewswire.com)
For over a decade, concerns about the problems with the widespread use of plastics and its disposal into the environment, have been growing. (lu.se)

Esther is committed to accelerating the transition towards using circular plastics and has a clear vision on how to reach those goals. (tno.nl)

The plastics industry's response is that much of the research is speculative at this stage, and that there is very little evidence that this transfer of chemicals is taking place in the wild. (bbc.co.uk)
In the last 25 years, the integration of plastics has been key to the automotive industry's ability to design high-performance vehicles with improved safety features and fuel economy. (popsci.com)

Helping drive this revolution is the innovative use of plastics and plastic composites. (popsci.com)
The unique properties and design flexibility of plastics and plastic composites can help improve safety features for both drivers and passengers. (popsci.com)
With effective designs, plastics and plastic composites have the potential to provide 360-degree impact protection. (popsci.com)
Already, plastics and composites are being used in new propulsion technologies that surpass conventional internal combustion engines in energy efficiency, and for hydrogen fuel cells that hold the promise of providing energy without the pollutants and greenhouse gas emissions created by conventional combustion. (popsci.com)

The increasing demand for plastics requires structural change. (tno.nl)

Our planet now bears the weight of more than seven billion tons of plastics, with more being produced every day. (udel.edu)
Billions of tons of plastics have been produced, but only a small fraction is ever reused. (udel.edu)
Some plastic has been burned, some has been recycled, but most-billions and billions of tons of it-remains on earth, and will do so indefinitely. (monthlyreview.org)

Among clumps of seaweed or flotsam washed up on the shore it is common to find mermaids' tears, small plastic pellets resembling fish eggs. (bbc.co.uk)

Take a reusable bag when you go shopping instead of using plastic bags. (montgomerycountymd.gov)
One reusable straw can eliminate the need for hundreds of plastic ones! (montgomerycountymd.gov)
Give up plastics and try a reusable straw the next time you take a sip. (montgomerycountymd.gov)
Reusable shopping bags eliminate the need for plastic bags with every outing! (montgomerycountymd.gov)
Just one reusable bag can eliminate the need for hundreds of single-use plastic bags. (montgomerycountymd.gov)
Reusable plastic containers require thorough cleaning to remove stains and odors. (ehow.com)
Before turning to more aggressive degreasing solutions, wipe off as much surface grease from the plastic item as you can with a paper towel or reusable cloth. (ehow.com)

Four scientists have published a call to action in a special issue of Science , devoted to the plastics problem. (udel.edu)
In a sweeping introductory article, the scientists - including two from the University of Delaware, one from the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory in California and another from the University of Sheffield in the United Kingdom - call for fundamental change in the way plastics are designed, produced, used and reused. (udel.edu)
This albatross carcass was one of scores recently found packed with plastic trash on Midway Island, where scientists estimate 99 percent of the birds have some plastic in their stomachs. (nwf.org)
Firstly, the Plymouth scientists want to establish whether there is the potential for chemicals to leach out of degraded plastic over a larger area after the plastic has been ground down. (bbc.co.uk)
Whether plastics present a toxic challenge to marine life and subsequently to humans is one of the biggest challenges facing marine scientists today. (bbc.co.uk)

Plastic has become ubiquitous on store shelves and in our homes. (pewtrusts.org)
Global ecosystems are currently buckling under the weight of "plastics turbulence:" the condition of ubiquitous plastic entanglement within all human and non-human natural systems. (lu.se)

Give up plastics and consider using your own containers when possible. (montgomerycountymd.gov)
You can alternatively fill plastic items, such as food storage containers, with the bleach solution or spray it over the plastic surfaces and let it sit. (ehow.com)
Those who pack hot food in plastic containers are inviting diseases, say many school representatives. (thehindu.com)

Unlike other materials, plastic never really goes away. (onegreenplanet.org)
There's not a one-size-fits-all solution," said Korley, Distinguished Professor of Materials Science and Engineering at UD, who has spent her career developing new plastics with specific properties. (udel.edu)
Some are the raw materials of the plastics industry spilled in transit from processing plants. (bbc.co.uk)
Plastics belong to the most widely used materials, and they are vital components of all modern technologies. (uni-konstanz.de)
The direct re-utilization of plastics is often hampered by the fact that, in practice, mechanical recycling only functions to a limited degree - because the plastics are contaminated and mixed with additives, which impairs the properties of the recycled materials", Stefan Mecking explains. (uni-konstanz.de)
Did you know that plastics are enabling materials that contribute to a multitude of safety devices found in today?s cars and trucks? (popsci.com)
Across the industry spectrum, plastics are replacing conventional materials because they provide the versatility that designers seek, deliver the functionality that engineers demand, and help contribute to the safety and environmental value that consumers expect. (popsci.com)
Inspite of the many economic and environmental benefits provided by plastics, these materials have come to be seen in a negative light. (lu.se)

The second aspect of this research is focusing on what happens when plastic absorbs other contaminants. (bbc.co.uk)

The positive response of the automotive and plastics industries to environmental challenges can contribute to an increased quality of life and improved standard of living throughout the world. (popsci.com)

We do need to ban the plastic ones," Harris said, adding that the country should "encourage innovation" in finding alternatives. (yahoo.com)
In order to overcome such challenges leading industry participants have been actively investigating the route to develop bio-based alternatives to conventional plastics. (prnewswire.com)

The act would require plastic packaging to be reduced by half, reduce toxics in packaging and prohibit plastic burning.We are joined by Bennington College faculty member, former EPA Regional Administrator, and President of Beyond Plastics Judith Enck. (wamc.org)
A toxics, plastic problem. (who.int)

The works of art, on the other hand, focused less on the link between plastic and climate change, overproduction, material toxicity and recycling. (lu.se)

Our vision is a future society in which plastics are sustainably developed, produced, used and recycled in a circular economy. (lu.se)

It can take up to 500 years for plastics to break down in the environment. (montgomerycountymd.gov)
Dr Richard Thompson at the University of Plymouth is leading research into what happens when plastic breaks down in seawater and what effect it is having on the marine environment. (bbc.co.uk)
However, some plastics inevitably find their way into the environment, necessitating a concerted effort to address the issue and make littering socially unacceptable. (www.gov.im)
oxo-degradable plastics refer to plastics with additives that accelerate their breakdown into smaller pieces, which can be particularly damaging to the environment. (www.gov.im)
With only 9% of plastics being recycled, most of the plastics produced remain in the environment for centuries. (iucn.org)
Plastic remains in the environment for a long time, it cannot biodegrade, only break down into smaller and smaller pieces. (who.int)

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