Tag: Plastic

The Surprising Solution to Ocean Plastic

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Can we solve the problem of ocean plastic pollution and end extreme poverty at the same time? That’s the ambitious goal of The Plastic Bank: a worldwide chain of stores where everything from school tuition to cooking fuel and more is available for purchase in exchange for plastic garbage — which is then sorted, shredded and sold to brands who reuse “social plastic” in their products. Join David Katz to learn more about this step towards closing the loop in the circular economy. “Preventing ocean plastic could be humanity’s richest opportunity,” Katz says.

Samoa Joins The Fight Against Plastic Pollution

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Samoa has become the latest Pacific island country to enforce a ban on the import, manufacture, export, sale and distribution of single-use plastics, including plastic shopping bags, packing bags and straws. […]

The ban came into effect January 30, 2019.

SPREP would like to congratulate the Government and people of Samoa on taking initiative in banning single-use plastic bags and straws. It is a continuing show of Pacific leadership and commitment to addressing the problem of plastic pollution and marine litter.”

––Mr. Kosi Latu, SPREP Director General