Commercial dryers release microfibers into the air New study finds that laundromats send large amounts of synthetic and natural fibers into the environment

“Commercial dryers release #microfibers into the air” — @cenmag.bsky.social

#Plastics #PlasticsCrisis #MicroPlastic #NanoPlastic

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Most Countries in the World Were Ready for a Historic Plastic Agreement. Oil Giants Killed It Diplomats from 184 nations packed their bags with no deal and no clear path forward.

Global plastic treaty talks collapsed in Geneva as petrostates blocked progress. 184 nations came seeking a deal, but oil giants killed it. Plastic pollution continues to surge—threatening health, climate, and biodiversity.

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UN members have walked away from a global plastics treaty.

Meanwhile, plastic keeps flooding our streets, rivers, and even our bloodstreams.

Global leaders failed—but cities can still lead the fight. Here’s how.

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#Plastic production is set to triple by 2060, fueled by petrochemical-producing countries.

A global “#PlasticsCrisis” is costing governments & taxpayers $1.5 trillion annually as they try to cope with escalating injuries, #disability & #deaths as the substance pollutes our land, seas & […]

UN starts new bid to forge plastics treaty amid 'global crisis' • Muser Press Nations must step up and resolve the global plastics crisis, the head of UN talks told negotiators from 180 countries gathered in Geneva on Tuesday to forge a

Nations must step up and resolve the global #plasticscrisis, the head of #UN talks told negotiators from 180 countries gathered in Geneva on Tuesday to forge a landmark treaty on eliminating the life-threatening #waste.

False solutions: unmasking policy gaps in addressing plastic… Plastic pollution has reached a critical level in Thailand and Southeast Asia. This report identifies how and why efforts to tackle it have proved…

Much is at stake at #INC-5.2. Negotiators must act now to save the health of people, planet, and future generations, and not allow petrochemical interests to overpower the discussions.

Read our report on the #FalseSolutions to the #PlasticsCrisis here 📝
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World in $1.5tn ‘plastics crisis’ hitting health from infancy to old age, report warns Plastic production has increased more than 200 times since 1950 and hits health at every stage from extraction to disposal, says review in the Lancet

www.theguardian.com/environment/... #plasticpollution #plasticscrisis #globalhealthrisk #petrostates #plasticshealthrisk

Cynical take: It's not (visibly) harming the wealthy and very wealthy (or even anyone living comfortably or semi-comfortably in countries like the US), so most people won't change their ways.

#ClimateAction #ClimateActionNow #PlasticsCrisis 🌍

World in $1.5tn ‘plastics crisis’ hitting health from infancy to old age, report warns Plastic production has increased more than 200 times since 1950 and hits health at every stage from extraction to disposal, says review in the Lancet

#Plastics are a “grave, growing and under-recognised danger” to human and planetary health. The world is in a #plasticscrisis” which is causing disease and death from infancy to old age and is responsible for at least $1.5tn a year in health-related damages. www.theguardian.com/environment/...

The Lancet Countdown on health and plastics Plastics are a grave, growing, and under-recognised danger to human and planetary health. Plastics cause disease and death from infancy to old age and are responsible for health-related economic losse...

"The world is in a #plasticscrisis. This crisis has worsened alongside the other planetary threats of our time and is contributing to #climatechange, pollution, and #biodiversityloss." #plasticstreaty #plastics

World in $1.5tn ‘plastics crisis’ hitting health from infancy to old age, report warns Plastic production has increased more than 200 times since 1950 and hits health at every stage from extraction to disposal, says review in the Lancet

The insuperable #plasticscrisis

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World in $1.5tn ‘plastics crisis’ hitting health from infancy to old age, report warns Plastic production has increased more than 200 times since 1950 and hits health at every stage from extraction to disposal, says review in the Lancet

World in $1.5tn #PlasticsCrisis hitting #health from infancy to old age, report warns

#Plastic production has increased more than 200 times since 1950 and hits health at every stage from extraction to disposal, says review in the Lancet

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In response to INEOS blocking a global plastics treaty, Greenpeace block their plastic tanker Greenpeace UK activists staged a protest against INEOS, accusing it of hindering global efforts to establish a plastics treaty.

Greenpeace have accused INEOS of blocking a global plastics treaty

#activism #plasticscrisis #Ineos #Greenpeace

Single-Use Planet Film Screening - Moms Clean Air Force Join Moms Clean Air Force and Town Run Watershed for a screening of Single-Use Planet at the Shepherdstown Opera House. Narrated by Peter Coyote and running 59 minutes long, the ...

Join Moms Clean Air Force and Town Run Watershed for a screening of Single-Use Planet at the Shepherdstown Opera House. #plasticscrisis

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Learn the real facts behind plastics. It is poisoning our bodies, creating massive amounts of waste, and polluting our air when it is disposed of. And much of it is done needlessly when other options are available. #plasticpollution
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This is one of our favorite ways to reduce our plastic consumption. What’s yours?

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We can’t recycle our way out of this.
♻️ Over 400M tonnes of plastic waste every year.
📦 Packaging = 155.9M tonnes alone.

It’s a production problem, not just a disposal one.

#ClimateSky #PlasticsCrisis

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Seabirds in crisis: #Plastic ingestion induces proteomic signatures of multiorgan failure and neurodegeneration
Jersey et al. 2025

Guest Lecture on Micro-Recycling and the Plastics Crisis Atlas Games' president John Nephew recently guest lectured at the University of Minnesota - Duluth. Watch his talk on the topic of "Micro-Recycling and the Plastics Crisis." Then visit our Replay Workshop page to see the game products Atlas Games has…

Guest Lecture on Micro-Recycling and the Plastics Crisis: Atlas Games' president John Nephew recently guest lectured at the University of Minnesota - Duluth. Watch his talk on the topic of "Micro-Recycling and the Plastics Crisis." Then visit our Replay Workshop page… #MicroRecycling #PlasticsCrisis

We have a plastics crisis that may be harming us on the level of the #ClimateCrisis.

We have embarked on a global experiment to see what happens to the human body under ever increasing amounts of micro plastic contamination.

We need to cut back plastic use/production immediately. #PlasticsCrisis

Puzzle-piece themed graphic on the plastics crisis

Don't miss our Jan. 2025 newsletter, in which 3 of our SEHN thinker-writers address the #PlasticsCrisis... linked to many other crises we're currently navigating. Please read, learn & share! W/ Drs. @rebecca-altman.bsky.social, @ssteingraber1.bsky.social & Ted Schettler

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UN chief defends plastic pollution talks after collapse The UN environment chief insisted that talks on a landmark plastic pollution treaty were not a failure, saying important progress was made despite negotiations collapsing without agreement.

The UN stops short of calling the lack of agreement on the #PlasticsCrisis a failure. Until #producers take responsibility and broken #recycling systems in developed nations are fixed, consumers can’t bear the blame. www.rte.ie/news/environ...
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Plastics lobbyists make up biggest group at vital UN treaty talks Fossil fuel and chemical industry representatives outnumber those of the EU or host country South Korea

#PlasticsCrisis #EndPlasticPollution

Plastics lobbyists make up biggest group at vital UN treaty talks

Just like they have done at UN Climate Conferences, #FossilFuel compnies are attending #PlasticsTreaty to delay, distract and obfuscate necessary action to reduce plastics production and an ambitious treaty. #PlasticsCrisis #ClimateCrisis

The science is clear. Reduce plastic at the source

Lobbyists are pushing to weaken the treaty with recycling & false solutions

We need the EU & the ambitious countries to:
✅ Defend production cuts
✅ Ban harmful chemicals
✅ Ensure proper funding

This is a critical moment

#plasticscrisis 🌍

#PlasticsCrisis
Big Oil is the problem.

Primary plastic polymers: Urgently needed upstream reduction | Cambridge Prisms: Plastics | Cambridge Core Primary plastic polymers: Urgently needed upstream reduction - Volume 2

❗️This is a key message from science: To effectively tackle the #PlasticsCrisis, we need to reduce the production of primary #plastics! Plastic does not go away,so it accumulates on our planet. If burned, it increases emissions of GHG & highly toxic fumes & residues.
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Waste management and littering are more important than production and climate impacts in submissions to the Global Plastics Treaty — STEPS

❤️Important new analysis of UN member state submissions for actions in the #PlasticsTreaty by Lund University & @uni_Copenhagen.
💔A majority focuses on waste management rather than upstream actions. Unfortunately, this will not tackle the #PlasticsCrisis.
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