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Birds under increasing threat from plastic waste

Birds under increasing threat from plastic waste

A sack containing discarded plastic bottles is seen at a recycling yard in New Delhi, India on 22 November 2018. Photo: Reuters

India bans single-use plastic to combat pollution

Unilever’s global initiative Transform is working to build a platform that will help enterprises prosper during and after the pandemic. Photo: Reuters

Unilever’s plastic playbook

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BNCA concerned over proposed vat withdrawal on polythene

Photo: Salahuddin Ahmed Paulash

Greens fear more use of plastic as 5% duty withdrawal proposed

The indiscriminate use of plastic has serious adverse effects on the environment, human health and wildlife. Photo: Reuters

Global plastic waste on track to triple by 2060

The indiscriminate use of plastic has serious adverse effects on the environment, human health and wildlife. Photo: Reuters

Barishal city turning plastic waste into resources

A general view of West New Territories Landfill during the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic, in Hong Kong, China, April 11, 2022. REUTERS/Tyrone Siu

Hong Kong zero-Covid policies create mountains of plastic waste

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Plastic makers demand tax cut for better competitiveness

A Rohingya camp in Cox’s Bazar, Bangladesh, 16 November 2018. File Photo: Reuters/Mohammad Ponir Hossain

Civil society, NGOs for banning plastic, groundwater use in Rohingya camp

A delegate poses for a photograph near a 30-foot monument dubbed "turn off the plastic tap" by Canadian activist and artist Benjamin von Wong, made with plastic waste, at the venue of the Fifth Session of the United Nations Environment Assembly (UNEA-5), at the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) Headquarters in Gigiri, Nairobi, Kenya February 28, 2022. REUTERS/Monicah Mwangi

Big Oil's plastic boom threatens UN's 'historic' pollution pact

A woman picks up plastic cups along the riverbank of Pasig river, in Manila, Philippines, June 10, 2021. Photo :Reuters

75% of people want single-use plastics banned, global survey finds

The indiscriminate use of plastic has serious adverse effects on the environment, human health and wildlife. Photo: Reuters

Plastic, chemical pollution beyond planet's safe limit: study