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plastic
GENERAL
Plastic bags: the 1960s invention that’s now an environmental burden
HEALTH & FAMILY
E.coli can turn plastic into painkillers, chemists discover
MALAYSIA
Consumer group wants govt to stop using bottled water
WORLD
Chewing gum releases microplastics into mouth, say researchers
GENERAL
From ‘mob wives’ to millennials: faux fur is now a fashion staple
WORLD
Trump signs executive order on plastic drinking straws
WORLD
More time needed for plastic pollution treaty, says talks’ chair
WORLD
Greenpeace activists detained over plastic tanker protest
WORLD
Greenpeace activists board tanker in anti-plastic protest
HEALTH & FAMILY
Plastics: lifesaver turned environmental threat
GENERAL
Plastic pollution on beaches can now be spotted from space
GENERAL
The growing scourge of plastic pollution: in numbers
GENERAL
Are bioplastics the wonder alternative to petro plastics?
GENERAL
Philippines making companies pay for their plastic waste
BUSINESS
California sues oil giant Exxon over plastic recycling ‘myth’
FOOD
Over 3,600 food packaging chemicals in human bodies
GENERAL
‘Easy, convenient, cheap’: how single-use plastic rules
TECH
‘Not the end of the world,’ says data scientist on big issues
MALAYSIA
Used plastic not being turned into fish feed, says fisheries dept
MALAYSIA
Kedah factory caught recycling plastic into fish feed pellets
ENTERTAINMENT
In South Korea, K-pop is being urged to think green
FOOD
How innovation is shaping the future of coffee
GENERAL