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Paul Houle<p>From futuristic design icon to environmental villain—the 80-year history of the plastic chair</p><p><a href="https://theconversation.com/from-futuristic-design-icon-to-environmental-villain-the-80-year-history-of-the-plastic-chair-257470" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">theconversation.com/from-futur</span><span class="invisible">istic-design-icon-to-environmental-villain-the-80-year-history-of-the-plastic-chair-257470</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/furniture" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>furniture</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/chairs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>chairs</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/plastics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>plastics</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/materials" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>materials</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/design" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>design</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/manufacturing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>manufacturing</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/design" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>design</span></a></p>
Primo Natura<p>"Government Policies Drive Reduced Coastal Plastic Pollution on Australian Beaches"</p><p><a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Plastic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Plastic</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Plastics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Plastics</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Pollution" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Pollution</span></a></p><p><a href="https://happyeconews.com/reduced-coastal-plastic-pollution/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">happyeconews.com/reduced-coast</span><span class="invisible">al-plastic-pollution/</span></a></p>
Primo Natura<p>"Plastics industry subsidies ‘set to swell to $150bn by 2050’"</p><p><a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Plastic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Plastic</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Plastics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Plastics</span></a></p><p><a href="https://www.edie.net/plastics-industry-subsidies-set-to-swell-to-150bn-by-2050/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">edie.net/plastics-industry-sub</span><span class="invisible">sidies-set-to-swell-to-150bn-by-2050/</span></a></p>
Hacker News<p>Once Again, Oil States Thwart Agreement on Plastics</p><p><a href="https://e360.yale.edu/digest/global-plastics-treaty" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">e360.yale.edu/digest/global-pl</span><span class="invisible">astics-treaty</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/HackerNews" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>HackerNews</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/OilStates" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>OilStates</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Plastics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Plastics</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Treaty" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Treaty</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/GlobalIssues" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>GlobalIssues</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/EnvironmentalPolicy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>EnvironmentalPolicy</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/PlasticPollution" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>PlasticPollution</span></a></p>
The Japan Times<p>The collapse of a sixth round of U.N. talks aimed at curbing plastic output has left many advocates of restrictions pessimistic about a global deal in the near future. <a href="https://www.japantimes.co.jp/environment/2025/08/16/us-plastics-pollution-analysis/?utm_medium=Social&amp;utm_source=mastodon" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">japantimes.co.jp/environment/2</span><span class="invisible">025/08/16/us-plastics-pollution-analysis/?utm_medium=Social&amp;utm_source=mastodon</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/environment" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>environment</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/plastics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>plastics</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/pollution" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>pollution</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/oceans" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>oceans</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/us" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>us</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/donaldtrump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>donaldtrump</span></a></p>
RealJournalism<p>Global <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/plastics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>plastics</span></a> treaty negotiations fail to reach a consensus — again <a href="https://www.cbc.ca/news/science/global-plastics-treaty-consensus-1.7610277?cmp=rss" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">cbc.ca/news/science/global-pla</span><span class="invisible">stics-treaty-consensus-1.7610277?cmp=rss</span></a></p>

'We have missed a historic opportunity': Plastic pollution treaty talks end in deadlock.

High level negotiations between 185 countries over reaching a global agreement to combat plastic pollution ended on Friday, as rival blocs clashed over prioritising a phase out of the material or bettering waste management systems.

mediafaro.org/article/20250815

Delegates at the talks in Geneva. | © Fabrice Coffrini, AFP
France24 · 'We have missed a historic opportunity': Plastic pollution treaty talks end in deadlock.By Yuka Royer

Countries urged to ‘hold the line’ in Geneva plastics treaty negotiations | Plastics | The Guardian
theguardian.com/environment/20

"Talks continue amid warnings from environmental groups over being ‘sold out’ without meaningful or legally binding measures"

The Guardian · Countries urged to ‘hold the line’ in Geneva plastics treaty negotiationsBy Karen McVeigh

Waste - alongside columns that claim to promote environmental awareness.

A column that is typical of the Guardian (and the Times) - both papers that claim to be promoting awareness of the damage we are doing to the environment and in particular waste.

But they still find the space and have the gall to promote this CRAP.

theguardian.com/thefilter/2025

Of course it is ‘life and style’

The Guardian · I tested 42 water bottles to find the best for leaks, looks and sustainability: here are my favouritesBy Zoë Phillimore

“There is #plastic in salty sea foam freshly sprayed by crashing waves, in dreamy Japanese mountaintop clouds and in the breath of dolphins. When scientists test Antarctic snow or the ice on Mount Everest, #plastics are there. When, in 2019, an explorer reached the ocean’s greatest depths in the otherworldly Mariana Trench, he found that plastics had beaten him there, miles past the reach of natural light."

#pollution
#environment

nytimes.com/2025/08/04/opinion

The New York Times · Opinion | You Are ContaminatedBy David Wallace-Wells

“In Geneva, negotiators from 175 nations are trying to hammer out the first-ever legally binding treaty on #plastic #pollution. The urgency of the talks was underscored this week by a new study published in The Lancet. It calls #plastics a ‘grave, growing and under-recognized danger to human and planetary #health.’”

pbs.org/newshour/show/new-stud

PBS News · New study highlights ‘grave, growing’ danger of plastic pollution to world’s healthBy John Yang