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Capri Dispatch: Capri Welcomes 2.3 Million Tourists a Year but Wants to Limit the Trash They Leave Behind

May 1, 2019May 1, 2019ROD NORDLANDComments Off on Capri Dispatch: Capri Welcomes 2.3 Million Tourists a Year but Wants to Limit the Trash They Leave Behind

Capri has decreed a ban on plastic and would like to limit boat traffic, too, in an effort to control those twin Italian ills: tourism and trash.

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After Duterte’s Threats Over Tons of Old Trash, Canada Says It’s Working on It

April 26, 2019April 27, 2019ALAN YUHASComments Off on After Duterte’s Threats Over Tons of Old Trash, Canada Says It’s Working on It

President Rodrigo Duterte of the Philippines said he was ready to “declare war” with Canada over hundreds of tons of waste shipped to his country over five years ago.

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Whale Is Found Dead in Italy With 48 Pounds of Plastic in Its Stomach

April 2, 2019April 2, 2019ILIANA MAGRAComments Off on Whale Is Found Dead in Italy With 48 Pounds of Plastic in Its Stomach

The pregnant animal, which washed ashore in Sardinia, was the latest in a grim international collection of whale carcasses burdened by plastic trash.

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Gibraltar Bans Releasing of Helium-Filled Balloons to Protect Marine Wildlife

March 26, 2019March 27, 2019PALKO KARASZComments Off on Gibraltar Bans Releasing of Helium-Filled Balloons to Protect Marine Wildlife

The tiny British territory at the southern tip of Spain is the latest to take action against marine pollution.

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Dead Whale Found With 88 Pounds of Plastic Inside Body in the Philippines

March 18, 2019March 19, 2019DANIEL VICTORComments Off on Dead Whale Found With 88 Pounds of Plastic Inside Body in the Philippines

The whale’s grisly death renewed focus on the problem of plastics ending up in oceans. The Philippines is the third-biggest contributor of such waste.

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Russians, Feeling Poor and Protesting Garbage, Suffer Winter Blues

February 19, 2019February 19, 2019NEIL MacFARQUHARComments Off on Russians, Feeling Poor and Protesting Garbage, Suffer Winter Blues

Plans to ship Moscow’s trash to the provinces are aggravating economic unrest. Confidence in Russia’s direction and in President Vladimir V. Putin have dropped.

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210-Foot Fatberg Blocks Sewers of English Seaside Town

January 8, 2019ILIANA MAGRAComments Off on 210-Foot Fatberg Blocks Sewers of English Seaside Town

The water company in Sidmouth said the mass could have been growing for up to three years, fed on wet wipes and grease from fish and chips.

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It Took On the Great Pacific Garbage Patch. Now It’s in Pieces.

January 3, 2019ERIC NAGOURNEYComments Off on It Took On the Great Pacific Garbage Patch. Now It’s in Pieces.

A giant boom was dispatched to tackle the Great Pacific Garbage Patch, but the forces of nature may have been too much for it. Its inventors plan to try again.

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Dead Whale’s Stomach Is Found Filled With Trash in Indonesia

November 21, 2018NYT > WorldComments Off on Dead Whale’s Stomach Is Found Filled With Trash in Indonesia

A decomposing sperm whale that washed ashore in Indonesia contained hundreds of plastic items, including cups, bags and flip-flops. The nation was ranked as the world’s second-biggest producer of plastic waste in 2015.

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Italy Orders Seizure of Migrant Rescue Ship

November 20, 2018November 20, 2018JASON HOROWITZComments Off on Italy Orders Seizure of Migrant Rescue Ship

The order by Italian prosecutors essentially prevents the Aquarius from operating in Italian waters.

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