Melbourne: Majority of the world seabird species have plastic in their gut and 99 percent will have gobbled down plastic by 2050, according to a new study. Researchers assessed how widespread the threat of plastic is for the world’s seabirds, including albatrosses, shearwaters and penguins, and found the majority of seabird species have plastic in their gut. Based on analysis of published studies since the early 1960s, the researchers found […]

When the good people of Animal Aid Unlimited found this bull wandering the streets in India they already noticed that there was something wrong with him. Tingu, the bull, was very sick and had a bloated and distended stomach. They knew that Tingu had eaten something harmful. But it’s only when they begin operating on him that they recognize the extent of the tragedy. Parental advisory: these pictures are not […]

  San Jose: Each year about 8.8 million tons of plastic ends up in the world oceans, a quantity much higher than previous estimates, according to a new study that tracked marine debris from its source. That’s the equivalent of five grocery bags full of plastic debris dotting each foot of coastline around the world, said study lead author Jenna Jambeck, an environment engineering professor at the University of Georgia. […]

India will soon be able to convert its plastic wastes into high-grade petrol and diesel, thanks to a breakthrough by researchers at the Dehradun-based Indian Institute of Petroleum (IIP). The IIP, a constituent lab of the Council of Scientific and Industrial Research, has for the first time in the country developed a technology to convert plastic waste into petroleum products. The green technology is so far available only in Germany, […]