EU aims to curb plastic pollution with new rules targeting nightmare spills of tiny pellets
World 08:54 22/10/2025Plastic can end up in the environment by many channels. Improper waste management can cause single-use plastics like bottles and grocery bags to end up in our oceans. But there’s also a smaller, sneakier source of plastic that also pollutes the land and sea. Called 'nurdles,' tens of millions of these tiny pellets have found their way into the ocean after ship spills.
Canadian artist Benjamin Von Wong’s latest installation urges world to end single-use plastics
World 17:47 08/11/2021Canadian artist Benjamin Von Wong’s latest piece – a three-story model of a water spout discharging plastic – is the artist’s reminder to the world that it’s time to ‘turn off the plastic tap’
Deadliest catch: Thailand's 'ghost' fishing nets help Covid fight
World 14:19 22/01/2021Ingpat was speaking to AFP during a recent boat trip off the coast of Chonburi province, as a team of more than 30 divers hacked away at stubborn threads enveloping a reef 27 metres (90 feet) below the vessel
Why Vietnamese prefer using plastic bags
Vietnam News 21:17 03/08/2018‘It is hard to change a habit,’ people say, seemingly forgetting that it is way harder to save the earth
