Within 15 years, a garbage truck’s worth of plastic could be entering our environment every second. Not every minute. Every second.

Since China’s 2018 ban on the import of most plastic waste for recycling, Japan has faced a major challenge. Prior to the ban, the country was shipping nearly half of its roughly 1.5 million tonnes of ...

A squat, light-colored building in Tigard, Oregon, was supposed to be part of a game-changing new solution for the global plastics industry. Called Regenyx, this recycling facility took in polystyrene ...

As plastic production has skyrocketed over the past several decades, wealthy countries have benefited enormously — from increasingly lightweight, affordable products, for example. The full social and ...

The following essay is reprinted with permission from The Conversation, an online publication covering the latest research. Plastic waste is piling up at a daunting pace around the world. The World ...

Two New Hampshire-based companies have entered a strategic agreement to benefit both businesses and their customers. ACW Plastic Products Inc. (APP), an injection molder with custom and proprietary ...

Sarah J. Morath is a professor of law and associate dean for international affairs at Wake Forest University. Plastic waste is piling up at a daunting pace around the world. The World Bank estimates ...

"Recycling doesn’t sustainably prevent plastic waste from ending up in the environment," argues Judith Enck.

A new report from Nordic countries says the plastics treaty needs specific rules to phase down or redesign problematic or unnecessary plastic products, including hard-to-recycle or litter-prone single ...

TerraSafe, a North Carolina-based materials innovation company, has announced its merger with DisSolves, a dissolvable film packaging startup. The comapy combination paves the way for two plastic-free ...

Close observers will note that journalists in the legacy press have a perplexing habit of engaging in outright activism for ...