UN • 2024-04-25

Polluting rivers, beaches and the ocean: How can Trinidad solve its plastics problem?

Plastic pollution blocks rivers, chokes oceans and makes its way into the food chain as microplastics. It’s a global environmental crisis, and Small Island Developing States are especially vulnerable, having to cope with detritus washing up on their beaches, as well as the waste they generate themselves. 

The Guardian • 2024-04-25

‘Privileged access’: pro-plastic lobbyists at UN pollution talks increase by a third

Fossil fuel and petrochemical campaigners at Ottawa summit outnumber scientists, EU and Indigenous delegates

The Guardian • 2024-04-24

Survey finds that 60 firms are responsible for half of world’s plastic pollution

Study confirms Philip Morris International, Danone, Nestlé, PepsiCo and Coca-Cola are worst offenders

The Washington Post • 2024-04-24

A global study just revealed the world’s biggest known plastic polluters

Coca-Cola and PepsiCo came in at the top of a global audit of plastic waste.

CBS • 2024-04-19

New Starbucks cups reduce plastic and water waste while bettering accessibility to the visually impaired

Starbucks unveiled the new cups ahead of Earth Day and as a new report warns plastic production emissions are even greater than those from aviation.