Plastic waste is getting out of control. How organizing consumers, challenging corporations and winning new policies can ...

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

A successful collaboration involving a trio of research institutions has yielded a roadmap toward an economically viable process for using enzymes to recycle plastics.

WireCycle processes wire and cable residuals, often made of PE and PVC, that are discarded after metals are recovered.

The amount of plastic packaging on U.S. products (not just on personal care items) has increased by over 120 times since 1960—with almost 70 percent of that waste piling up in landfills.

Automated waste collection systems/Handout. Konza Technopolis has launched Africa’s first automated pneumatic waste collection system. The system by global environmental technology leader Envac ...

Plastic, Plastic Everywhere Jambeck and her team combined population and economic data from 192 coastal countries bordering the Atlantic, Pacific, and Indian Oceans in addition to the Black and ...

Makafui Awuku na environmental activist wey dey deal wit Ghana plastic waste wahala by recycling di waste to produce many items like bags, slippers, room furniture, pillows and odas.

Therefore, the plate bank was established to promote green dining for zero-waste events on the IIEST Shibpur campus." The plate bank is housed in a room, which was once a telephone booth, near the ...

The world produced over 400 million tonnes of plastic waste in 2024, with a mere 9% recycled, while the rest ends up polluting landfills, waterways, oceans, and even entering the food chain as toxic ...