Jamaican government plans to announce third phase of plastic ban

Jamaica’s Minister of Environment, Pearnel Charles Jr, says he plans to announce a third phase of the Government’s ban on sing...

22 plastic bags found inside dead crocodile

Almost two dozen plastic bags were retrieved from the stomach of a wild crocodile that was found dead in Jamaica recently. It is u...

The Ocean Cleanup gets US$1 million to clean Kingston Harbour, Jamaica’s most polluted water body

Environmental conservation group The Ocean Cleanup was awarded US$1 million on Thursday (May 7) to deploy its plastic interceptor ...

Tasty plastic? Caterpillars eating up waste item

There is growing concern about plastic around the world with some countries moving to ban it because of the challenges of dealing ...

NSWMA undertaking pilot plastic separation project in St. Andrew

The National Solid Waste Management Authority (NSWMA) is undertaking a pilot project for the separation of plastic containers invo...

Walking on plastic: Jamaican entrepreneur transforming plastic waste into pavements

Founder of ReBuild, Zara Harris, has formulated a novel way of utilising discarded plastics in the construction of environmentally...

Plastic Kills: Sperm whale dies with over 200 lbs of waste in its stomach

Conservationists were left feeling immensely saddened after discovering a dead sperm whale on the coast of Luskentyre beach in Sco...