The summer is in full swing, and once again, we find our beaches littered with plastics. There are 5.25 trillion pieces of plastic debris in the ocean, of which 269,000 tons float on the surface. We have seen how these plastics kill mammals (e.g...
The World Wildlife Fund (WWF) Japan is turning up the heat on the war against plastics, advocating for a bold shift towards a “sustainable circular economy” in an effort to resolve the looming health and environmental issues induced by...
It is said that 30 million tons of plastic waste are currently floating in the oceans, and alarms have been sounding off about the impact on ecosystems. Last December, the Smithsonian Environmental Research Center reported that plastic accumulates...
Japan is known for its excessive plastic waste. Food products often come with more plastic packaging than in other countries. Fruits and snacks, in particular, are wrapped in layers of plastic, with individual pieces being individually plastic...