Pollution / Table of contents

A record of what toxicity makes visible

Pollution is more, much more than just smog in the sky. This index gathers the living environments that make the toll on our health and land impossible to ignore.

The Pollution index

(137) The Dangers And Health Risks Associated With Black Plastic
July 30, 2026
(136) It is Raining Microplastics In Indonesia
May 12, 2026
(135) Toxic Acid Rain Fell Over Tehran As Airstrikes Hit Oil Facilities
March 13, 2026
(134) From Chile to Greece, ‘Ghost Fish Farms' Haunts The Seas
January 30, 2026
(133) The Environmental Impact Of Black Friday
December 3, 2025
(132) Methane Pollution : Impact On The Environment And Health
September 23, 2025
(131) 'Ecological Catastrophe': What To Know About Algae Bloom Crisis
July 29, 2025
(130) Long-Term Contamination at Indonesia’s Harita Nickel Mine
May 18, 2025
(129) Bangladesh Lead Poisoning Epidemic
April 25, 2025
(128) Global E-Waste Traders Targeting Malaysia
March 5, 2025
(127) Dirty And Unregulated Industrial Salmon Farms
February 28, 2025
(126) Hundreds Of Volunteers Join Cleanup Effort As Bali Faces ‘Worst’ Plastic Pollution From Monsoons
January 22, 2025
(125) Two Russian Tankers Sink In Black Sea Spilling 4,300 Tonnes Of Oil
December 18, 2024
(124) ‘Thick White Froth’ Blankets Yamuna River In Delhi
November 14, 2024
(123) Two Third Of Europe's Water Supplies Are Contaminated By Chemicals
October 22, 2024
(122) Global Food Production Is Limited by Lack of Pollinators
September 13, 2024
(121) Wind Turbine Blades: The Battle To Overcome Their Waste Problem
August 7, 2024
(120) Air pollution Linked To Nearly 2,000 Child Deaths A Day
July 5, 2024
(119) Ingested Microplastics Can Move From the Gut to the Brain and Other Organs
June 22, 2024
(118) Thailand: 10 Million Sought Treatment For Pollution-Related Illnesses In 2023
May 14, 2024
(117) Chocolate Prices To Keep Rising As West Africa’s Cocoa Crisis Deepens
April 12, 2024
(116) Guatemala’s Rivers of Garbage
March 26, 2024
(115) ‘They Lied’: Plastics Producers Deceived Public About Recycling, Report Reveals
February 22, 2024
(114) Millions Of Plastic Pellets Wash Up On Spanish Beaches
January 16, 2024
(113) As EVs Surge, So Does Nickel Mining’s Death Toll
December 19, 2023
(112) Asbestos - Cancer Causing Substances
November 15, 2023
(111) Light Pollution Is Getting Worse, And Earth Is Paying The Price
October 3, 2023
(110) " Clean the World" Recyclers Collect Unwanted Soap From Hotels For The Needy
September 22, 2023
(109) Artificial Intelligence Is Booming— So Is Its Carbon Footprint
August 10, 2023
(108) 'Polyester-Eating' Enzymes To Help Combat Global Textile Waste
May 6, 2023
(107) How is the Flower Industry Impacting the Planet? Netherlands Uses 106kg of Pesticides per Hectare of Roses
March 15, 2023
(106) Startups Creating Concrete That Can Absorb CO2
February 26, 2023
(105) The Dark Side of Recycling - Final Destination For Tonnes of America's Plastic Waste
January 13, 2023
(104) Real Or Fake - The Overlooked Benefits Of Real Christmas Trees
December 19, 2022
(103) Company Closes Fashion Loop by Recycling Old T-Shirts
December 5, 2022
(102) How Fast Fashion Is Using Kenya As A Dumping Ground For Textile Waste
October 27, 2022
(101) Some 640,000 Tons Of Fishing Gear Is Lost Or Abandoned Annually In Seas And Oceans
September 10, 2022
(100) "Sungai Watch" Reached the 120th Barrier Milestone in Protecting Indonesian Rivers
August 16, 2022
(99) Great Ocean Garbage Patch And There Are 5 Major Garbage Patches
June 16, 2022
(98) Chile: The Advance of the 742 Toxic Mountains
June 2, 2022
(97) ‘Watermelon Snow’ Is Pink and Pretty, But It Signals Disaster
May 20, 2022
(96) Chemical Pollution Has Passed Safe Limit For Humanity
April 27, 2022
(95) Disposable Coffee Cups - Why Your Takeaway Cup Never Goes Away
April 15, 2022
(94) Petrol From Used Tyres: A Solution to Zambia's Fuel And Waste Problems
March 9, 2022
(93) Luxury Cruise Giant Emits 10 Times More Air Pollution (SOx) Than All Of Europe’s Cars
February 20, 2022
(92) Waste Human Hair Could Help Clean Up Oil Spills In Oceans
February 4, 2022
(91) Biodegradable Shopping Bags Buried For Three Years Still Work
January 1, 2022
(90) Drugged Waters – How Modern Medicine Is Turning Into An Environmental Curse
October 19, 2021
(89) Feeding Cattle Seaweed Reduces Their Greenhouse Gas Emissions 82 Percent
September 8, 2021
(88) Sunscreen Pollution Proves Highly Toxic to Coral Reefs
August 2, 2021
(87) The Carbon Cost of Your Cocaine
June 12, 2021
(86) Bitcoin Mining Consumes 'More Electricity Than Argentina'
April 20, 2021
(85) Heat-Reflecting Paint Keeps Things COOL Without Air Conditioners
April 14, 2021
(84) Solar Panel Waste: The Dark Side of Clean Energy
February 19, 2021
(83) More Garbage Than Water Threaten Dam in Balkans
January 18, 2021
(82) This Man Is Installing 100 Trash Barriers In Bali’s Rivers To Stop Plastic Pollution
December 11, 2020
(81) Millions of ‘Old and Unsafe’ Cars Sent to Developing World Fuelling Air Pollution
November 1, 2020
(80) Enzyme "Cocktail" Breaks Down Plastics Six Times Faster
October 18, 2020
(79) 1 Million Plastic Bottles Bought Every Minute, That's Nearly 20,000 Every Second
September 27, 2020
(78) Cigarette Smoke Produces 2 Times More Air Pollution Than Diesel Car Exhaust
July 30, 2020
(77) Plastic Pollution To Worsen Due To COVID-19 Masks.
May 31, 2020
(76) Washed Ashore: Art to Save the Sea.
April 9, 2020
(75) Microplastics In Unborn Kids .
March 8, 2020
(74) Stop Exporting Plastic Waste From Britain To Malaysia.
February 16, 2020
(73) Indonesia’s Citarum: The World’s Most Polluted River
January 12, 2020
(72) Polluted air affects 92% of global population, says WHO
December 30, 2019
(71) 2,000 Tons of Trash was Dumped Everyday at Ghazipur Landfill, India.
December 14, 2019
(70) The Oil and Gas Industry is the Most Polluted Industry in the World.
November 24, 2019
(69) The Fashion Industry is the Second largest polluter in the World.
November 24, 2019
(68) Pollution & Poverty are Killing More People Than The War Itself in Afghanistan.
November 21, 2019
(67) Disposable Batteries’ Severe Impact on the Environment.
October 28, 2019
(66) How Does Illegal Dumping In Waterways Affect the Environment ?
October 26, 2019
(65) Whales Keep Carbon out of the Atmosphere
October 24, 2019
(64) Ethiopia Opens Africa's First Waste-to-Energy Facility
October 24, 2019
(63) Cigarette Smoke Produces 2 Times More Air Pollution Than Diesel Car Exhaust
October 9, 2019
(62) Is Google Destroying Our Planet ?
October 5, 2019
(61) Fires Are Devouring the Amazon. And Jair Bolsonaro is to Blame.
August 26, 2019
(60) The ‘Lungs of the Planet’ Amazon are in Danger of Reaching a Tipping Point .
July 31, 2019
(59) How Air Pollution Is Destroying Your Brain.
June 17, 2019
(58) 10 Worst Plastic Polluting Companies Found by Global Cleanups
May 11, 2019
(57) Malaysia rated one of the world’s worst for plastic pollution.
April 27, 2019
(56) ‘Black carbon’ rated as second largest cause of global warming.
March 20, 2019
(55) People Have Made Enough Plastic To Cover Argentina, New Study Says.
March 18, 2019
(54) How plastic-eating bacteria actually work.
March 8, 2019
(53) A Chinese ban on rubbish imports is shaking up the global junk trade.
March 8, 2019
(52) Five Facts that show how urgently we need to save our oceans.
March 7, 2019
(51) Egypt factory turns plastic into fibre, offering alternative to cotton.
February 18, 2019
(50) The Wasteshark drone eliminates public pollution from oceans.
February 18, 2019
(49) Plogging: The eco-friendly workout trend that’s sweeping the globe.
January 18, 2019
(48) U.N. report: 90% percent of plastic never recycled
January 12, 2019
(47) PLASTICS and ALISON TEAL – It’s worse than you could ever imagine
December 15, 2018
(46) World's first 'plastic-free' packaging supermarket opens in Germany.
December 8, 2018
(45) Mumbai's anti-plastic police
December 8, 2018
(44) Revolutionary Idea: Paying For Public Transport With Trash In Surabaya, Indonesia
December 8, 2018
(43) You’re eating microplastics in ways you don’t even realise.
November 24, 2018
(42) 93 percent of the world’s children breathe toxic, polluted air each day.
November 3, 2018
(41) The European Union Just Voted To Ban Single-Use Plastics By 2021.
November 3, 2018
(40) The Amount of Space Junk Around Earth Has Hit A Critical Point
October 13, 2018
(39) IT’S ONE LAST CHANCE TO STOP CLIMATE CHANGE BEFORE IT BECOMES IRREVERSIBLE
October 10, 2018
(38) The Mental Cost of Air Pollution
September 28, 2018
(37) Scientists accidentally create mutant enzyme that eats plastic bottles
September 22, 2018
(36) The World's Largest Ocean Cleanup Has Officially Begun
September 22, 2018
(35) Why Coral Reef Restoration Could Save Our Oceans.
September 8, 2018
(34) The desparate race to save melting glaciers with blankets.
September 8, 2018
(33) A Running List of Action on Plastic Pollution.
August 25, 2018
(32) Swimming in the sea increases risk of illness.
August 25, 2018
(31) Contact Lenses Are a Surprising Source of Pollution.
August 25, 2018
(30) Degrading plastics revealed as source of greenhouse gases.
August 25, 2018
(29) Arctic’s strongest sea ice breaks up for first time on record.
August 25, 2018
(28) 'Absolutely shocking': Waves of garbage hit Dominican Republic beach.
August 11, 2018
(27) This Is What Happened When Someone Let Go Of A Balloon.
August 11, 2018
(26) We Depend On Plastic . Now , We Are Drowning In It .
July 28, 2018
(25) STATE OF EMERGENCY: GARBAGE WAVE OF SANTO DOMINGO.
July 20, 2018
(24) These Houses Are Built With Blocks Made From Waste Plastic.
July 20, 2018
(23) The Environmental Impact of Plastic Straws – Facts, Statistics, and Infographic.
July 20, 2018
(22) Smartphones are killing the planet faster than anyone expected.
July 14, 2018
(21) How Many Times Can Plastic Be Recycled ?
July 14, 2018
(20) India home to world's 14 most polluted cities, slowly killing its residents.
June 30, 2018
(19) Everest Is Covered in a Giant Trash Pile, And Humanity Doesn't Deserve This Planet.
June 30, 2018
(18) Bottled water has surprisingly high levels of microplastics, according to a new study. That might endanger human health.
June 15, 2018
(17) Thailand is the world's biggest e-waste dumping ground.
June 15, 2018
(16) By 2050, the oceans could have more plastic than fish
June 15, 2018
(15) Less Than 1% Of Sweden's Trash Ends Up In Landfills.
June 15, 2018
(14) Things You Never Knew You Could Recycle
June 15, 2018
(13) Recycling Styrofoam : The Project Of The Young Inventor
June 15, 2018
(12) The 10 Most Polluted Rivers in the World.
June 15, 2018
(11) Pollution turns India's white marble Taj Mahal yellow and green
June 15, 2018
(10) 1 Whale Died Of Starvation After Eating 80 Plastic Bags Off Thailand's Coast.
June 5, 2018
(9) "Beat Plastic Pollution" campaign, If you can’t reuse it, refuse it.
June 15, 2018
(8) People are " fishing" for plastic.
May 19, 2018
(7) Swapping your beef for Beans could reduce global warming.
May 8, 2018
(6) The world's First Floating Nuclear Power Plant.
May 4, 2018
(5) This floating tube is scheduled to be deployed in the summer of 2018.
April 24, 2018
(4) The great pacific garbage patch is now Twice the size of Texas.
April 21, 2018
(3) The turtle has been pooping out plastic ingested from the ocean.
April 21, 2018
(2) 100 wax worms can biodegrade 92mg of polyethylene in just 12 hours.
April 21, 2018
(1) These 5 companies are turning trash into treasure.
April 21, 2018