Topic: plastic waste

Clear Plastic Cup Pattern (Getty Images/MirageC)

CA restaurants begin using reusable cups

Joseph Winters - Grist
Egyptian volunteers arrange sacks with plastic waste to build the world's largest plastic pyramid on September 17, 2022 in Giza, Egypt. (Fadel Dawod/Getty Images)

Plastic waste exports underestimated

Joseph Winters - Grist
An exterior view of an Amazon fulfillment center. (Gabe Ginsberg/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images)

Amazon's plastic waste increased in 2021

Joseph Winters - Grist
Egyptian volunteers arrange sacks with plastic waste to build the world's largest plastic pyramid on September 17, 2022 in Giza, Egypt. (Fadel Dawod/Getty Images)

The plastic waste pyramid controversy

Joseph Winters - Grist
Plastic garbage lying on the Aegean sea beach near Athens on June 26, 2018 , Greece. (Getty/Milos Bicanski)

Recycling plastic trash into graphene

Juliette Strasser - Massive Science
Young adult man wearing a pollution mask to protect himself from viruses. His friends are in the background. They all are wearing masks. (Getty Images)

Should we turn face masks into fuel?

Joseph Winters - Grist
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Science has a garbage problem

Simone Eizagirre - Massive Science
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Containers filled with plastic waste shipment are seen on May 28, 2019 during an inspection before sending back to the country of origins in Port Klang, west of Kuala Lumpur. (Getty/Mohd Rasfan)

Malaysia is sending its trash back to US

Nicole Karlis
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The dangers of plastics

Jackie Grimm - Massive Science
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Single-package plastic public enemy No.1

Sylvain Charlebois - The Conversation
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Is the straw ban a green gateway drug?

Shannon Osaka - Grist
Parade-goers vie for beads and trinkets during the Krewe of Proteus Mardi Gras parade in New Orleans, Monday, Feb. 16, 2015. The day is known as Lundi Gras, the day before Mardi Gras. () (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert)

mardi gras beads

David Redmon - The Conversation