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Plastic bottles are a grave threat to waterways in Europe
Plastic bottles comprise as much as 14% of visible litter in the continent's freshwater sources.
Yet another whale is dead because of plastic waste
An emaciated Cuvier's beaked whale was discovered in the Davao Gulf floundering and vomiting blood.
Microplastics ‘are everywhere’: in lakes, rivers and seas
Microplastics have permeated water sources globally from rivers right down to the depths of the oceans.
Why the Philippines generates so much plastic waste
Of small sachets known as “labo” bags a whopping 16.5 billion are used each year across the country.
UN: It wasn’t all bad news last year for the environment
Despite the challenges ahead, more meaningful action is being taken worldwide to protect the natural environment.
Even in the oceans’ depths animals are feeding on plastic waste
In the Challenger Deep, every single animal examined by researchers had plastic in its gut.