Four years after Germany phased out light plastic bags, how has the EU addressed plastic waste— and why do single-use items ...

The amount of plastic waste produced around the world will nearly triple by 2060, according to a new report from the Organization for Economic Co-Operation and Development. Plastic waste is expected ...

Ellen MacArthur Foundation says companies' virgin plastic use back to 2018 levels Drop in demand for recycled plastics affecting world's 20 million waste pickers In India, Plastics for Change connects ...

"The bottom line drives a lot of innovation." Startup develops game-changing solution for major problem with common waste: 'I ...

Changes to household collections are part of wider moves to increase the recycling rates, which have stalled in recent years.

As a champion of both small businesses and environmental protection, I am grateful for Subrenia Smith’s commentary regarding my Senate Bill 45 to reduce litter and the dangerous health impacts of ...

Bhavna Middha receives funding from the Australian Research Council's Discovery Early Career Research Award. Ralph Horne has received funding from the Australian Research Council and the Victorian ...

What if the looming calamities of climate change, plastic pollution, the energy crisis and our whole environmental doom-scroll are symptoms of just one malady and it’s something we actually can fix?

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Five single-use plastic items like cigarette filters and plastic straws should be banned to reduce the amount of plastics polluting our oceans, according to a new report from the Ocean Conservancy.

Around the world, an estimated 20 million people make a living by collecting discarded plastic, aluminum, and other refuse from dumpsites and landfills and selling it to recyclers. They’re called ...

Maybe you’ve done dry January — the trend that originated in the United Kingdom of cutting out alcohol for the first month of the year. Maybe this is the year to try Plastic Free July. The idea took ...