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Environment Environment (Sweden) General Sweden 

Swedish government wants to go beyond EU single-use plastics ban

Radio Sweden
Posted: Monday, July 8, 2019 at 11:57 — Last Updated: Friday, July 12, 2019 at 11:49
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Following the European Parliament’s vote to ban single-use plastic items such as cutlery and straws, the Swedish government says it

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Canada Environment Environment (Canada) General 

City council of Iqaluit, Arctic Canada moves to ban single-use plastic bags

Michelle Pucci, CBC News
Posted: Thursday, July 4, 2019 at 14:38
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Iqaluit city council is moving toward banning single-use plastic bags — a move that is proving popular with hunters and

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Environment Environment (Sweden) General Sweden 

Sweden generating growing amounts of plastic waste

Mona Hambreus, Radio Sweden
Posted: Wednesday, June 19, 2019 at 14:00 — Last Updated: Friday, June 21, 2019 at 10:25
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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 Environment Environment (Canada) General News 

Youth in Arctic Canadian town take aim at grocery store’s plastic use

Mackenzie Scott, CBC News
Posted: Friday, April 5, 2019 at 13:38
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Youth in Inuvik, Northwest Territories are putting pressure on to ban plastic, and at least one store owner is listening.

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Environment Environment (Sweden) General News Sweden 

Environmentalists seek solutions to ghost net problem in Baltic Sea

Liv Lewitschnik, Radio Sweden
Posted: Friday, March 22, 2019 at 11:44
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Fishing gear that’s been lost in bad weather, dumped or simply left behind makes up 10 percent of the debris

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Environment Environment (USA) General News USA 

Industry launches campaign to free oceans from plastic… how serious is it?

Liz Ruskin, Alaska Public Media
Posted: Tuesday, February 19, 2019 at 09:44 — Last Updated: Tuesday, February 19, 2019 at 09:47
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The plastics industry has a new billion-dollar campaign to get plastic trash out of the ocean, and to reduce the

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Environment Environment (Norway) General News Norway 

Norwegian cruise company phases out single-use plastics from its Svalbard establishments

Thomas Nilsen, The Independent Barents Observer
Posted: Thursday, October 18, 2018 at 06:05
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Additional to its cruise ships, Hurtigruten’s ban will be imposed on all land-based operations, like hotels, restaurants and other establishments

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Environment Environment (USA) General News USA 

Alaska’s largest city bans plastic bags, starting next year

Zachariah Hughes, Alaska Public Media
Posted: Thursday, August 30, 2018 at 14:00
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Anchorage is joining a growing list of communities around Alaska that ban plastic bags. During a meeting last night, the

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Environment Environment (Finland) Finland General News 

Citizens’ initiative prompts Finnish lawmakers to consider microplastics ban

Yle News
Posted: Monday, August 20, 2018 at 16:40
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A citizens’ initiative proposing that Finland ban the importation, production and sale of cosmetics containing microplastics has received the 50,000

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Environment Environment (Norway) General News Norway 

Plastic on Svalbard: “I could never believe it was this bad”

Thomas Nilsen, The Independent Barents Observer
Posted: Thursday, August 2, 2018 at 10:58 — Last Updated: Friday, August 3, 2018 at 15:24
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Norwegian Coast Guard crew shocked by the amount of plastic waste along the shore at a remote Svalbard island. The

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Environment Environment (Sweden) General News Sweden 

Swedish raft made from trash draws attention to plastic pollution

Frank Radosevich, Radio Sweden
Posted: Thursday, July 5, 2018 at 16:03
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A small raft made out of salvaged plastic from Sweden’s west coast sailed the Baltic Sea this week to raise

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Magnus Breitholtz, left, at the opening of the apartment during Gotland's Almedalen week. (Frank Radosevich / Radio Sweden)
Environment Environment (Sweden) General Sweden 

Swedish exhibit explores Baltic Sea pollution

Radio Sweden
Posted: Tuesday, June 30, 2015 at 13:06 — Last Updated: Thursday, July 2, 2015 at 19:32
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The Baltic has long been called one of the world’s most polluted seas and researchers on hand at Almedalen Week are hoping

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