Signing on: The deaf workers weaning a capital city off plastic bags →
Ethiopian paper bag firm employs 18 deaf workers who use sign language to persuade clients to choose greener alternatives. THE GUARDIAN
Read MoreCoke and Pepsi are getting sued for lying about recycling →
A California-based environmental group, the Earth Island Institute, filed the lawsuit in San Mateo County arguing that they’ve knowingly polluted the oceans while misleading the public. The lawsuit notes that 8 million to 20 million tons of plastic end up in the world’s oceans every year — and that much of it can be traced back to these few companies. VICE
Read MoreIs it really possible to go 'plastic free'? This town is showing the world how. →
Penzance, a coastal town in England, achieved "plastic free" accreditation in 2017, since then more than 100 other communities have done the same. HUFFPOST
Read MoreMyanmar shows why fixing the plastic crisis is so darn complicated →
Plastic is a relatively recent phenomenon in Myanmar, which opened up its economy in 2011 after five decades of military dictatorship. Rapid economic growth has meant an influx of single-use plastic items like shopping bags, water bottles, food packets, plastic sachets and menstrual pads. HUFFPOST
Read MoreThe Philippines is making roads and cement with plastic garbage →
Philippine companies like San Miguel Corp. and Aboitiz Equity Ventures Inc. are using discarded shopping bags, sachet wrappers and plastic packaging to fire cement plants and build roads as the country embarks on an 8 trillion-peso ($157 billion) infrastructure push through 2022. BLOOMBERG
Read MoreFrom rubbish to rice: the cafe that gives food in exchange for plastic →
The Garbage Cafe in Ambikapur, India, is helping to tackle the country’s plastic waste problem – and their novel idea is catching on. THE GUARDIAN
Read MoreThe Ocean Cleanup device has returned from the Pacific Garbage Patch with its first load of plastic →
Now the plan is to recycle that plastic into products you can buy to help fund the effort. FAST COMPANY
Read MoreBan the bag! →
Those ubiquitous flimsy shopping sacks are vanishing from country after country, leaving less plastic in our seas, our trees and our own digestive systems. REASONS TO BE CHEERFUL
Read MoreAir bubble barrier traps plastic waste in Amsterdam's canals →
The world’s first rubbish barrier made entirely from bubbles has been unveiled in Amsterdam in an attempt to catch waste in the city’s canals before it reaches the North Sea. THE GUARDIAN
Read MoreAmerica's biggest trash hauler stops shipping plastic to poor countries →
After months of global outcry over the United States’ role in the plastic pollution crisis, companies that collect and dispose of waste are trying to clamp down on the amount of American refuse that gets dumped in poorer countries. Waste Management Inc., the nation’s largest trash hauler, is no longer shipping discarded plastic to countries outside North America. THE HUFFINGTON POST
Read MoreThe Himalayan village that confiscates single-use plastics →
While many Indian cities are struggling to deal with plastic waste, one Himalayan village has shown the way in dealing with the problem. Lachun, in the northeastern state of Sikkim, has successfully banned single-use plastic and showcases eco-friendly alternatives. BBC NEWS
Read MoreHas Kenya's plastic bag ban worked? →
Tens of millions of plastic carrier bags were handed out in supermarkets every year in Kenya. Two years ago, the country introduced a ban on plastic bags. Has it worked? BBC NEWS
Read MoreU.S. airport in San Francisco bans small plastic water bottles in bid for zero waste →
A ban on the sale of plastic water bottles went into effect at San Francisco International Airport in California on Tuesday, in line with the city's efforts to reduce single use plastics often identified as a contributor to climate change. THOMSON REUTERS FOUNDATION
Read MoreFlip-flops to building blocks: Ivory Coast uses plastic waste to build classrooms →
The factory will be the first of its kind in Africa and aims to produce enough plastic bricks to build 500 classrooms by 2021. THOMSON REUTERS FOUNDATION
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