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  After bronze and iron, welcome to the plastic age, say scientists

  

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  Plastic pollution has entered the fossil record, research showsPlastic pollution is being deposited into the fossil record, research has found, with contamination increasing exponentially since 1945.Scientists suggest the plastic layers could be used to mark the start of the Anthropocene, the proposed geological epoch in which human activities have come to dominate the planet. They say after the bronze and iron ages, the current period may become known as the plastic age. Continue reading...

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  Airborne plastic pollution ‘spiralling around the globe’, study finds

  

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  Microplastic pollution is now “spiralling around the globe”, according to a study of airborne plastic particles.The...

  Microplastic pollution is now “spiralling around the globe”, according to a study of airborne plastic particles.The researchers said human pollution has led to a global plastic cycle, akin to natural processes such as the carbon cycle, with plastic moving through the atmosphere, oceans and land. The result is the “p...

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  'Invisible killer': fossil fuels caused 8.7m deaths globally in 2018, research finds

  

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  Pollution from power plants, vehicles and other sources accounted for one in five of all deaths...

  Pollution from power plants, vehicles and other sources accounted for one in five of all deaths that year, more detailed analysis revealsAir pollution caused by the burning of fossil fuels such as coal and oil was responsible for 8.7m deaths globally in 2018, a staggering one in five of all people who died that year, new research has found.Countries with the most prodigious consumption...

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  Tesco removes 20m items of plastic from Christmas range

  

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  Tesco has removed more than 20m pieces of single-use plastic from its Christmas range this year...

  Tesco has removed more than 20m pieces of single-use plastic from its Christmas range this year – including crackers, lights, cards and the packaging for puddings – as part of a national drive to reduce plastic pollution. The UK’s largest supermarket said its own-label crackers were plastic-free for the first time –...

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