A report assessing state policies on plastics comes just weeks before negotiators meet to attempt to finalize a global treaty ...

Plastic Waste is Ubiquitous Plastic is everywhere. It’s in the packaging of our food, the toys our children play with, and ...

Environmental groups are concerned that rich countries are exporting plastic to poor countries in the form of “refuse-derived ...

Malaysia emerged as a major destination for U.S. waste after China banned American waste imports in 2018. California shipped ...

Without intervention, global plastic waste could double by 2050, a new machine learning study predicts. However, according to simulations by the study’s authors, a mix of policy interventions ...

HOUSTON, Tex.—When the news crew showed up outside a waste-handling business that's failed three fire safety inspections and has yet to gain state approval to store plastic, workers quickly ...

With no action, plastic waste could nearly double. Researchers say just four policies could cut plastic pollution 90 percent by 2050. With no action, plastic waste could nearly double.

With 430 million tons of plastic waste generated annually and less than 10% of it recycled, the plastic crisis is out of control. Thankfully, HIRO Technologies is creating a new path forward ...

My University of Georgia colleague Jenna Jambeck is a global scholar tackling the plastic waste crisis. In a landmark 2018 finding , she and colleagues revealed 90% of plastic had never been recycled.

About 48 million tons of plastic waste are generated each year in the U.S., and very little of it is ever recycled. The city of Houston says it has an innovative new program that can recycle any ...