CleanHub's Plastic Waste Glossary
Environmental issues are being talked about more and more as the years go by.
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How Does Plastic Affect Human Health?
In 2020, a study found microplastic particles in the placentas of unborn babies for the very first time. Researchers said it was a “matter of great concern” that humans are exposed to...
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How Does Plastic Affect Climate Change?
Plastics release 1.8 billion tonnes of greenhouse gases per year, which equates to 3.4% of the world’s emissions.
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Interview: Sarah-Jeanne Royer on How Plastic Linked to Climate Change
Sarah-Jeanne Royer is an oceanographer and post-doctoral researcher at Scripps Institution of Oceanography, based in California.
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Interview: Dr. Tilman Floehr on Everwave's Plastic Collection
German start-up Everwave has made it its mission to prevent plastic from entering our oceans. Instead of focusing its efforts on ocean garbage patches, it concentrates its projects on...
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Case Study: Scandinavian Biolabs Tackles Plastic Pollution
Scandinavian Biolabs is an innovative company focusing its efforts on natural solutions to hair loss. According to the company itself, it's founded on the virtues of natural functionality,...
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Interview: Researcher Hanna Dijkstra On Solutions for Marine Plastic
In a bid to learn more about marine plastic, our CEO Joel Tasche has carried out an exciting interview with Hanna Dijkstra — a Ph.D. researcher at the Institute for Environmental Studies at...
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Top 21 Facts About Plastic Pollution
Our planet faces one of its biggest challenges in 2024: plastic pollution. The material has undeniably transformed human life, making things convenient for sectors like medicine and retail....
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What Is A Circular Economy – And Is It the Future?
According to the OECD, only 9% of the world’s plastic waste is recycled. That’s a lot of waste left unattended, given that global plastic waste comes to an estimated 350 million metric tons...
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Top 19 Ways to Reduce Plastic Waste at Home
Households in the UK throw away around 100 billion pieces of plastic packaging each year, according to a 2022 Greenpeace report. Alarmingly, only 12% of this single-use plastic ends up in a...
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