In a new report released by the Environmental Investigation Agency (EIA) with the title The Truth Behind Trash: The scale and impact of the international trade in plastic waste, EIA’s Ocean team has pulled together and analyzed available plastic waste export data to...
A new article written by our group leader Dr Sedat Gundogdu and his colleague Dr Tony R. Walker was published in the highly reputable journal Marine Pollution Bulletin. The paper discussed Turkey’s decision on waste trade with an emphasis on marine plastic...
Major investments in chemical recycling, plastic-to-fuel, and incineration to manage plastic waste is generating high volumes of highly hazardous waste and toxic emissions, according to a new report released today. The report Plastic Waste Management Hazards is the...
In the investigation conducted in 133 waste recovery facilities in Adana, 26 facilities found to be operating without a Temporary Activity Certificate or Environmental Permit and License Certificate were banned from operations. In addition, a total of 7 million 20...
Environmental and social activists around the world have called upon major shipping lines to prove their corporate responsibility commitments by no longer transporting plastic wastes from rich industrialized countries to countries that are ill-equipped to handle it in...