https://www.wunc.org/2025-02-27/some-mardi-gras-parade-planners-ban-plastic-beads-to-cut-back-on-waste
Mardi Gras can make a lot of trash, adding up to millions of pounds each year. Now, some parades in New Orleans are cutting down on their environmental...
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https://www.joc.com/article/china-plan-to-ban-waste-imports-threatens-us-exports-5232640
If the ban takes effect, US exporters of these commodities will lose access to the destination where they shipped 77.8 percent of their products last year.
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https://www.greenpeace.org/philippines/press/9695/total-ban-on-waste-importation-urgent-to-protect-philippines-from-post-covid-health-environmental-risks/
Greenpeace Philippines and EcoWaste Coalition renewed calls for improved protection of Filipinos against health risks from hazardous waste imports beyond the...
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https://www.ecowatch.com/u-s-recyclers-chinas-plastic-waste-ban-2610246012.html
After China's crackdown on foreign waste earlier this year, the United States has turned to poorer countries mostly in Southeast Asia to send its used...
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https://refed.org/articles/guest-blog-from-mandate-to-momentum-how-massachusetts-turned-an-organic-waste-ban-into-a-model-for-success/
A data-driven guide for businesses, government, funders, and nonprofits to collectively reduce food waste at scale. Together, we can reduce U.S. food waste by...
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https://www.newstalk.com/news/coffee-cups-2222655
Every year in Ireland, some 200 million disposable coffee cups are used and then thrown away - many of which cannot be recycled.
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https://www.wionews.com/world/plastic-piling-up-in-japan-after-china-waste-ban-survey-172168
WION (World Is One News) brings latest & breaking news from South Asia, India, Pakistan, Bangladesh, Nepal, Sri Lanka and rest of the World in politics,...
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https://www.juancole.com/2018/08/france-plastic-waste.html
Paris (AFP) - France plans to introduce a penalty system next year that would increase the costs of consumer goods with packaging made of non-recycled plastic,...
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https://www.taiwannews.com.tw/news/6257387
Cabinet to approve one-year transition, while local governments encouraged to phase out earlier | Dec. 3, 2025 16:21
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https://www.wastedive.com/news/illinois-governor-pritzker-vetoes-pfas-incineration-ban/605687/
Governor J.B. Pritzker supports a ban, but he urged the state legislature to update the bill's definition of “incineration” so it would...
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https://www.thepetitionsite.com/it-it/takeaction/979/236/723/
Wildlife mistake littered balloons for food and starve after eating the plastic pollution. (101045 signatures on petition)
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https://www.sunstar.com.ph/davao/ban-toxics-invest-in-effective-solid-waste-law-implementation
BAN Toxics urges the Gov't to prioritize RA 9003 implementation and Zero Waste over toxic "Waste-to-Energy" incineration.
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https://ourworldindata.org/grapher/displaced-plastic-chinese-import-ban
Projected cumulative displaced plastic globally as a result of the Chinese ban on recycled plastic waste imports. This is based on projected scenarios of a...
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