On March 27, 2020, the Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research-UFZ in Leipzig, Germany announced identification of a “… microbe that could help degrade polyurethane-based plastics …” https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2020-03/f-gsi031820.php - Centre researchers isolated “… a bacterium, Pseudomonas ....
On March 20, 2020, the UK National Oceanography Centre published research that explains “… how submarine sediment avalanches can transport microplastics from land into the deep ocean …" - The report showed that "... these ....
On March 23, 2020, Argus Media reported https://www.argusmedia.com/en/news/2089684-singleuse-plastic-bans-delayed-on-coronavirus-concerns?backToResults=true that “… A number of US state and local governments have taken steps to temporarily reverse or delay implementation of single-use plastic bans out of concerns about ....
The Japan ocean shipping services company NYK https://www.nyk.com/english/news/2020/20200306_01.html on March 6, 2020 “… signed a memorandum of understanding with the Chiba Institute of Technology (CIT) to use a ship to collect and analyze microplastics in ....
“The Plastic Problem” is the title of a film to be shown online at 3 pm Eastern on Sunday, March 22, 2020 http://www.cpnas.org/events/plastic.html - The film is a documentary prepared by the PBS News Hour ....
According to a March 18, 2020 Welch government news release https://gov.wales/single-use-plastics-be-banned-wales “... Plastic straws, cutlery and polystyrene food and drink containers are to be banned in Wales as part of wider measures to make Wales ....
On February 26, 2020, the House Subcommittee on Environment and Climate Change of the Committee on Energy and Commerce announced that the hearing will begin at 10:30 am in Room 2322 of the House Rayburn ....
On February 26, 2020, Earth Island Institute (EII) filed a suit in the Superior Court of San Mateo County, California https://earthisland.org/journal/index.php/articles/entry/earth-island-coke-pepsi-nestle-plastic-pollution-lawsuit seeking to require several consumer brands, including Coca-Cola, Mars, Nestle and PepsiCo, to abate the ....
An article in the February 23, 2020 Minneapolis Star Tribune, titled “Lobbying group fights surge of bills targeting plastic packaging” http://m.startribune.com/lobbying-group-fights-insurgence-of-bills-targeting-plastic-packaging/568127282/ addresses the efforts companies are taking to oppose State legislative efforts to address plastic ....
According to a February 20, 2020 FMI blog https://www.fmi.org/blog/view/fmi-blog/2020/02/20/over-250-state-and-local-plastics-bills-pending-new-fmi-resource-available-to-assist because the rate of nationwide plastic waste recycling in 2017 is lower than five years ago and is projected to continue to decline, state and local ....