Increasing the Use of Returnable Bottles by 10% Would Prevent Almost 8 Million Plastic Bottles from Being Thrown into the Sea Each Year
February 4, 2020
50% of the plastic we use is single use or disposable. Returnable bottles that companies sell to customers are then returned, washed, refilled, and sold again. Every year between 20,000 and 34,000 million PET bottles are produced and sold by the soft drinks sector. Oceana has presented a report revealing that increasing the volume of soft drinks […]
Circular economy: much more than recycling
Excelsior, February 4, 2020
Only 9% of plastic bottles are recycled: Oceana
La Jornada, February 4, 2020
We eat and breathe plastic
Animal Politico, February 4, 2020
Baby fish are eating plastic within their first few weeks of life
February 3, 2020
Larval fish off the western coast of Hawaii Island are eating plastic within weeks of hatching, according to a recent study from NOAA’s Pacific Islands Fisheries Science Center.