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                                <title><![CDATA[ Mastercard launches global plan to recycle credit cards ]]></title>
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                                <pubDate>Wed, 21 Jun 2023 05:04:00 GMT</pubDate>
                                <description><![CDATA[ The pilot project, which will run for an initial six months, will allow customers to recycle any plastic card, including those from rivals. ]]></description>
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                                <title><![CDATA[ EU considers ban on 'forever chemicals', urges search for alternatives ]]></title>
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                                <pubDate>Wed, 08 Feb 2023 01:45:00 GMT</pubDate>
                                <description><![CDATA[ The chemicals have been used in tens of thousands of products but have also been linked to health risks like cancer, hormonal dysfunction and a weakened immune system as well as environmental damage. ]]></description>
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                                <title><![CDATA[ India bans many single-use plastics to tackle waste ]]></title>
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                                <pubDate>Fri, 01 Jul 2022 05:29:55 GMT</pubDate>
                                <description><![CDATA[ The country generates around four million tonnes of plastic waste per year, about a third of which is not recycled and ends up in waterways and landfills that regularly catch fire and exacerbate air pollution. ]]></description>
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                                <title><![CDATA[ Is Malaysia on track for a circular economy for plastic? ]]></title>
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                                <dc:creator><![CDATA[ WWF-Malaysia and the Ministry of Environment and Water ]]></dc:creator>
                                <pubDate>Fri, 24 Jun 2022 07:14:58 GMT</pubDate>
                                <description><![CDATA[ A circular economy envisions the responsible management, recovery and reuse of resources to their full potential. ]]></description>
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                                <title><![CDATA[ Global plastic use and waste on track to triple by 2060 ]]></title>
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                                <pubDate>Fri, 03 Jun 2022 10:35:24 GMT</pubDate>
                                <description><![CDATA[ Some 460 million tonnes of plastics were used in 2019, twice as much as 20 years earlier. ]]></description>
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                                <title><![CDATA[ Scientists find microplastics in blood for first time ]]></title>
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                                <pubDate>Sat, 26 Mar 2022 01:05:32 GMT</pubDate>
                                <description><![CDATA[ Half of the blood samples showed traces of PET plastic, widely used to make drink bottles, while more than a third had polystyrene, used for disposable food containers and many other products. ]]></description>
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                                <title><![CDATA[ Only 9% of plastic recycled worldwide, says global economic body ]]></title>
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                                <pubDate>Wed, 23 Feb 2022 00:10:14 GMT</pubDate>
                                <description><![CDATA[ A new report by the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development report found that 460 million tonnes of plastics were used in 2019, the number nearly doubling since 2000. ]]></description>
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                                <title><![CDATA[ UN plans to drastically expand plastic waste management in India ]]></title>
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                                <pubDate>Fri, 03 Dec 2021 06:52:26 GMT</pubDate>
                                <description><![CDATA[ The UNDP programme, which began in 2018, has so far collected 83,000 metric tonne of plastic waste. ]]></description>
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                                <title><![CDATA[ US is world’s biggest plastic polluter, report finds ]]></title>
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                                <pubDate>Thu, 02 Dec 2021 00:58:50 GMT</pubDate>
                                <description><![CDATA[ On average, every American generates 130kg of plastic waste per year, with Britain next on the list at 99kg per person per year, followed by South Korea at 88kg per year. ]]></description>
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                                <title><![CDATA[ Plastics from burning ship cover Sri Lanka beach ]]></title>
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                                <pubDate>Fri, 28 May 2021 06:39:55 GMT</pubDate>
                                <description><![CDATA[ Navy personnel in hazmat suits have been sent to clean millions of plastic granules mixed with burned oil and other residue that covered Negombo beach, 40km north of the capital. ]]></description>
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