India Votes 2024
Dive into our on the ground reporting of Elections 2024
Newsletters
Gift Membership
Become a member
Subscribe
Sign in
Already a Member?
Sign in to activate your Scroll Membership benefits on this device, including an ad-free experience.
Got It
Gift Membership
Elections
2
0
2
4
Home
Project Electoral Bond
Common Ground
The India Fix
Eco India
The Latest
The Reel
The Field
Magazine
Video
Trending
‘Knowing we’re mortal gives us purpose’: Nobel laureate Venki Ramakrishnan on his new book
‘We are living in perpetual fear’: Prajwal Revanna video leaks spark panic among women in Hassan
In Amit Shah’s Gandhinagar, three Lok Sabha candidates allege they faced pressure to withdraw
Gen Zers and millennials are still big fans of books – even if they don’t call themselves ‘readers’
What explains reports of infighting within the BJP during the elections?
Why is the 2024 Congress manifesto silent on pushing back against majoritarianism? History has clues
Banana republic in the making?: A South Asian perspective on India from Kathmandu
Telangana Police to reopen investigation into Dalit scholar Rohith Vemula’s suicide case
Fact-checking five days of Narendra Modi’s speeches: A catalogue of lies
IPL 2024: Bengaluru keep play-off hopes alive on back of dominating win over Gujarat
May in nonfiction: Six new books about the personal and political histories of India
‘Instruments of Torture’: These stories show us what we do in the shadows
Sections
Politics
Culture
India
World
Film and TV
Music
Books and Ideas
Business and Economy
Science and Technology
In Pictures
Announcements
Bookshop
Pulse
Ad
Stories written by
Lauren Kashiwabara, The Conversation
Plastic pollution is threatening the world’s oceans – and the US shares much of the blame
On a per-capita basis, the US produces more plastic waste than China – a nation often vilified over pollution-related issues.
Matthew Savoca, The Conversation
,
Anna Robuck, The Conversation
&
Lauren Kashiwabara, The Conversation
· Dec 13, 2021 · 11:30 pm
Ad