International efforts to reach agreement on reducing plastic pollution are disappointing. But we don’t need to wait for a treaty to make changes in our own lives.
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President Donald Trump has ordered his government to stop using paper straws. A better approach is to avoid using single-use products.
Paper straws aren’t a viable alternative to plastic. But a single fail won’t change the trajectory.
Placing plastic straws, a life sustaining accessibility tool, under the same restrictions for sale as tobacco products is overly harsh, and detrimental to the dignity and inclusion of disabled people
Asian countries have become a dumping ground for the plastic waste from wealthy countries.
Two business professors spent five years studying Walmart’s ambition project to bring sustainability to its millions of budget-conscious customers – a plan that began with the birth of a granddaughter.
Fast-food restaurants and coffee shops are banishing the straw. While it may seem like a small measure, your pessimism isn’t justified.
We’re drowning in plastics. With governments setting un-ambitious targets, corporations are now listening to consumers who are demanding less plastic packaging and food containers.
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Professor, School for Resource and Environmental Studies, Dalhousie University
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ARC DECRA Senior Research Fellow in Environmental Sociology, RMIT University
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ARC Future Fellow and Matthew Flinders Fellow in Chemistry, Flinders University