Eating canned soup for five days raised the BPA in people’s urine more than tenfold
Food and drink cans have a thin plastic lining. In a 2011 Harvard trial, people who ate one can of soup a day had…
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Black plastic kitchenware and food trays can contain flame retardants from recycled electronics
A 2024 study found banned flame retardants from old electronics in black plastic utensils, food trays and toys. Its health risk estimate was later…
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business opportunity from moving 20% of plastic packaging to reuse
The Ellen MacArthur Foundation’s estimate of the market for refill, return and reuse models.
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Plastic carries a hidden US$75 billion yearly cost for consumer-goods companies
A UN Environment Programme (UNEP) and Trucost study put the natural-capital cost of plastic used by the consumer-goods sector at US$75 billion a year,…
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Moving 20% of plastic packaging to reuse is a US$10 billion business opportunity
The Ellen MacArthur Foundation estimates that converting a fifth of plastic packaging to reuse models is worth at least US$10 billion to businesses.
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Reusable transport packaging is cheaper than single-use in most studies
A 2024 review of life-cycle cost studies by IVL Swedish Environmental Research Institute found reusable packaging cheaper than single-use in most cases, including a…
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Cutting plastic use is the cheapest route to less pollution; swapping materials is the most expensive
Breaking the Plastic Wave, the most detailed global model of plastic pollution, found that reducing plastic is the most attractive option economically, often a…
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What we know about plastic and dogs
A short Beyond Plastics fact sheet on how dogs are exposed to plastic and its chemicals: chew toys, food and packaging, household dust and…
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UN Global Plastics Treaty (Intergovernmental Negotiating Committee process)
The legally binding global instrument on plastic pollution mandated by UN Environment Assembly (UNEA) Resolution 5/14 in 2022 remains unagreed after six negotiating sessions.
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Plastics’ carbon footprint doubled in 20 years as production moved to coal power
ETH Zurich researchers found plastics accounted for 4.5% of global emissions in 2015, with coal-based emissions quadrupling since 1995.