Plastic waste has increased in the Barents Sea, study shows
By Elizaveta Vereykina The majority of sea birds have microplastics in their stomachs, scientists report. There is an increasing amount
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Yellowknifers’ plastic going to landfill—but politicians could still explore solution
N.W.T.’s waste reduction act now allows for extended producer policy program Roughly 60 tonnes of plastic collected at blue bin
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New Norwegian vessel designed to remove plastic from Arctic waters
In this episode of CBC Radio’s The Broadcast, host Paula Gale speaks to Rolf-Ørjan Høgset, founder of the NGO In
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Arctic litter-monitoring project launches northernmost GPS capsule in Arctic Ocean
The Arctic Council working group behind the “Plastic in a Bottle” project to track marine litter, launched its northernmost capsule
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Scientists raise alarm about polar bears’ plastic consumption in Arctic Russia
Plastic waste makes up a quarter of the diet for polar bears, says Ivan Mizin, research director of Russian Arctic
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Sweden generating growing amounts of plastic waste
There’s been a big rise in how much plastic waste Sweden produces, up 40 percent in just the last five
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Canada announces investments to tackle illegal fishing and discarded fishing gear
The Canadian government is investing $10 million to support the development and deployment of satellite-based technologies that can remotely identify
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Lost fishing gear threatens marine life, says animal rights group
World Animal Protection Canada, a non-profit focused on international animal protection, is urging Canada and all nations to deal with
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Volunteers take action to clean Svalbard’s plastic-riddled beaches
23 people, two days and 1,5 tons of plastic waste. Locals at Svalbard take action for a cleaner Arctic. Where
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Worrisome discovery near North Pole
A British team of researchers aboard two small ice strengthened yachts have made a shocking discovery farther north than any
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U.S. Senate passes marine debris bill
A bill targeting plastic waste in the ocean and other marine debris cleared the U.S. Senate last week. Alaska’s junior
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Finland to revamp recycling system
One plastics recycling guarantor estimates that the average Finn accumulates 15 kilograms of plastic trash every year. Until now plastics
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Plastic microbeads- a toxic substance in waterways-from the Great Lakes to the Arctic
They are very tiny beads usually made of polyethylene, which is a very common plastic used for example, to make
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Real Christmas trees better for environment, says Sweden’s Farmers Union
Christmas is just two weeks away and already the holiday lights and greenery are up throughout the streets of Stockholm.
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Arctic sea ice littered with tiny bits of ‘microplastic’ pollution
Dartmouth scientist Rachel Obbard was looking at samples of Arctic sea ice for small organisms when something else caught her
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