The following links include noteworthy articles regarding green energy, the environment and related topics.
- Scientists know our bodies are full of microplastics. What are they doing to us?
- Source: NPR
Publication Date: December 18, 2024 - Time is running out for a treaty to end plastic pollution – here’s why it matters
- Source: University of Portsmouth
Publication Date: November 22, 2024 - California lawsuit accuses Exxon Mobil of misleading the public about plastic recycling
- Source: Los Angeles Times
Publication Date: September 23, 2024 - Widespread Harm Warning as Microplastic Pollution May Double by 2040
- Source: Newsweek
Publication Date: September 19, 2024 - Houston’s plastic waste is piling up, waiting on the promise of “advanced recycling”
- Source: CBS News
Publication Date: September 2, 2024 - When Is “Recyclable” Not Really Recyclable? When the Plastics Industry Gets to Define What the Word Means.”
- Source: ProPublica
Publication Date: August 15, 2024 - Breaking Down Toxic PFAS
- Source: EarthJustice
Publication Date: May 14, 2024 - 2 football fields worth of rubber, trash catches facility at recycling plant, HFD says
- Source: KHOU TV
Publication Date: April 25, 2024 - Earth Week Chemsplainer: Why is it so difficult to recycle plastics?
- Source: Princeton University: Department of Chemistry
Publication Date: April 24, 2024 - Which foods have the most plastics? You may be surprised
- Source: CNN
Publication Date: April 22, 2024 - In pictures: Plastic waste cleared from Skye beach
- Source: BBC
Publication Date: May 1, 2023 - Great Lakes threatened by plastic pollution
- Source: ABC News
Publication Date: April 21, 2023 - EuRIC’s First Tyre Recycling Conference Drew Over 100 Participants
- Source: Tyre and Rubber Recycling
Publication Date: April 21, 2023 - The Great Pacific Garbage Patch Is So Big, Invasive Species Are Now Thriving On It
- Source: Science Alert
Publication Date: April 18, 2023 - Arkansas legislators send amended tire recycling bill to governor’s desk
- Source: Arkansas Democrate Gazette
Publication Date: April 8, 2023 - Ala. landfill has burned for nearly 2 months, forcing people from homes
- Source: The Washington Post
Publication Date: January 19, 2023 - Scrap tire generation outpaces consumption
- Source: Recycling Today
Publication Date: December 30, 2022 - Car tyres produce vastly more particle pollution than exhausts, tests show
- Source: The Guardian
Publication Date: June 3, 2022 - Doctors should test levels of PFAS in people at high risk, report says
- Source: CNN
Publication Date: July 28, 2022 - Historic day in the campaign to beat plastic pollution: Nations commit to develop a legally binding agreement
- Source: UN Environmental Programs
Publication Date: March 2, 2022 - Microplastics found in placenta and newborns
- Source: Open Access Government
Publication Date: February 1, 2022 - Our planet is choking on plastic
- Source: UN Environmental Programs
Publication Date: 2021 - Kuwait: Fire ripped through 25,000 square meters of Al Sulabiya tire site
- Source: Gulf News
Publication Date: October 23, 2020 - How Big Oil Misled The Public Into Believing Plastic Would Be Recycled
- Source: NPR
Publication Date: September 11, 2020 - Decarbonization: The Race to Zero Emissions
- Source: Morgan Stanley Ideas
Publication Date: November 25, 2019 - Three Industries Where Technology Is Reducing Our Carbon Footprint
- Source: Forbes
Publication Date: December 2, 2019 - New Congressional task force looks at solutions to plastic waste
- Source: Plastics News
Publication Date: December 10, 2019
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Dark Waters, a drama on Netflix was inspired by a legal case about a cover-up related to forever chemicals, Per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS), some of which are also found in tires and plastics. These remain an ongoing problem.