Plastic pollution

Plastic pollution

Dr Gawsia W Chowdhury. Illustration: TBS

Meet Dr Gawsia W Chowdhury: The scientist fighting off plastic pollution in aquatic habitats

Dr Gawsia W Chowdhury – a zoology professor and one of the two Bangladeshis named in Asian Scientist’s 100 ‘best and brightest’ scientists – discussed the stepping stones to this recognition,...

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Govt formulates 10-yr plan to check plastic pollution: Minister

Beating plastic pollution: Local startups build businesses around waste

Beating plastic pollution: Local startups build businesses around waste

Plastic and other debris are seen on the shores of Cap Haitian beach, in Cap Haitian, Haiti October 9, 2018/ Reuters

Plastic pollution is scourge of English coastal region

FILE PHOTO: A plastic bottle is seen floating in an Adriatic sea of the island Mljet, Croatia, May 30, 2018. Picture taken May 30, 2018. REUTERS/Antonio Bronic

Plastic entering oceans could nearly triple by 2040 if left unchecked

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Biggest contributors to marine plastic pollution

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Cox's Bazar now home to Asia's largest ocean plastic statue

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Food for plastic: A unique move to rid St Martin’s of plastic pollution

A sack containing discarded plastic bottles is seen at a recycling yard in New Delhi, India on 22 November 2018. Photo: Reuters

Talks kick off on global plastic trash treaty

140 tonnes plastic waste in Ctg city littered in environment daily

140 tonnes plastic waste in Ctg city littered in environment daily

Birds under increasing threat from plastic waste

Birds under increasing threat from plastic waste

Canada announces ban on single-use plastics

Canada announces ban on single-use plastics

Microplastics cause damage to human cells in the laboratory. Photograph: David Kelly/Photograph David Kelly

Microplastics particles found in human blood for first time