# plastic pollution

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Opinion: If we don't act now on plastic pollution, we will run out of choices

Lyndsey O’Connell of the Sick of Plastic campaign outlines just how destructive this material is and offers simple ways to avoid using it.

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Updated Oct 22nd 2021, 2:10 PM

Plastic found in thousands of seabird nests across Europe 'poses a threat'

Researchers examined 10,274 nests across the Northern Europe – with 12% of them found to contain plastic debris.

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Aug 6th 2021, 2:23 PM

Over 30% of all plastic exported from Europe may not be recycled, according to Irish study

The work was carried out by researchers from NUIG and University of Limerick.

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Jul 1st 2020, 9:31 AM

Diageo announces plans to remove plastic packaging from cans of Guinness

The company is also investing €9.25 million in a packaging plant in Belfast.

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Apr 15th 2019, 5:47 PM

MEPs approve EU-wide ban on range of single use plastics by 2021

The law passed by 560 votes to 35 in the Strasbourg assembly.

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Mar 27th 2019, 11:05 PM

EU parliament approves ban on single-use plastics, including straws and cotton buds

The parliament said its ban across the EU targets single-use cutlery, cotton buds, straws and stirrers.

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Oct 25th 2018, 10:18 AM

Poll: Are you making efforts to reduce how much plastics you buy?

A new Irish study has found that most deepwater fish in the north-west Atlantic have ingested plastic particles arising from pollution.

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Feb 19th 2018, 8:38 AM

Most deepwater fish have ingested microplastics, new Irish study finds

It’s one of the highest reported frequencies of microplastic occurrence in fish around the globe.

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Feb 19th 2018, 7:37 AM