single-use plastics
Coverage of single-use plastics in the Nexus archive.
- Ghana: Fight Against Environmental Pollution - Extend Styrofoam Ban to Single-Use Plastics - - GMA
The President of the Ghana Medical Association, Professor Dr Ernest Yorke, urged the government to expand its proposed ban on Styrofoam products to include all single-use plastics. The call aims to strengthen Ghana's fight against environmental pollution.
- Get ready for Plastic Free July — the eco-challenge you've probably never heard of
Plastic Free July, an eco-challenge started in 2011 by Australian activist Rebecca Prince-Ruiz, encourages reducing single-use plastic consumption. Environmental groups in L.A. and Orange counties, such as Heal the Bay and Surfrider Foundation, promote the initiative, highlighting microplastics' health risks and offering actionable steps like avoiding plastic straws.
- Battle over single-use plastics erupts as 17 states move to block California law
Seventeen states are challenging California's single-use plastic law, arguing it violates interstate commerce laws and the constitution. Wholesalers and distributors, along with environmentalists and anti-waste supporters, are opposing the law.