Petrochemicals & Plastics
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CanadaHealth & SafetyIndiaInternational Agencies & StudiesLegal & RegulatoryOceansPetrochemicals & PlasticsSupply Chains & Consumption
G7 Plastics Charter Depends on Voluntary Action, Environmental Groups Warn
A flurry of advocacy and news coverage on single-use plastics culminated Saturday in a deal by five of seven G7 leaders to voluntary curb ... -
Carbon-Free TransitionEuropeOil & GasPetrochemicals & PlasticsSupply Chains & ConsumptionUnited States
Accidental Engineered Enzyme Could Break Down Plastic for Reuse
Scientists may have accidentally discovered a new engineered enzyme that can break down the massive amounts of plastic waste in the world’s oceans and ... -
CanadaEnergy PoliticsFirst PeoplesHealth & SafetyLegal & RegulatoryOil & GasPetrochemicals & PlasticsSub-National Governments
Ontario Promises Another Look at Health Concerns In ‘Petrochemical Valley’
Years after it last promised to look into the health impacts from one of North America’s densest concentrations of petrochemical refineries, the Ontario government ... -
AfricaCarbon-Free TransitionDemand & EfficiencyInternationalOceansOil & GasPetrochemicals & PlasticsSupply Chains & ConsumptionWater
Waste Reduction Picks Up as Fossils Look to Plastics to ‘Backstop’ Demand
While Kenya is no superpower of wasteful consumption, its decision last week to ban “almost everything about” plastic bags, “making them, importing them, selling ... -
Carbon-Free TransitionGeneral RenewablesPetrochemicals & PlasticsResearch & DevelopmentSupply Chains & Consumption
Biomaterials Ready to Shoulder Petrochemicals Aside in Key Marketplace
Petrochemicals and plastics feedstocks are a kind of last stand for fossil producers, an end use the industry’s defenders claim will sustain demand for ...
