Climate Change Series

If plastic manufacturing goes up 10%, plastic pollution goes up 10% – and we’re set for a huge surge in production

Apr 25, 2024 06:01 am UTC| Insights & Views Business

In the two decades to 2019, global plastic production doubled. By 2040, plastic manufacturing and processing could consume as much as 20% of global oil production and use up 15% of the annual carbon emissions...

Climate Change Series

Local efforts have cut plastic waste on Australia's beaches by almost 30% in 6 years

Jun 09, 2022 08:39 am UTC| Life

Its common to hear about large amounts of plastic waste floating around our oceans. But while the problem of plastic waste is growing globally, in Australia its going the other way. This is because most plastic rubbish...

Crimes at sea: when we frame illegal fishers as human and drug smugglers, everyone loses

Jan 20, 2021 01:51 am UTC| Law

Illegal, unreported and unregulated fishing costs economies up to US$50 billion globally each year, and makes up to one-fifth of the global catch. Its a huge problem not only for the 59.5 million people who depend on...

For decades, scientists puzzled over the plastic 'missing' from our oceans – but now it's been found

Mar 15, 2020 16:20 pm UTC| Nature

Youve probably heard that our oceans have become a plastic soup. But in fact, of all the plastic that enters Earths oceans each year, just 1% has been observed floating on the surface. So where is the rest of it? This...