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Recycling agricultural bags could divert up to 45,000 tonnes of single-use soft plastics from landfill, burning or burying on-farm each year, making new products instead.

The IAEA is harnessing nuclear technology to both understand and tackle the plastic pollution crisis. The NUTEC Plastics initiative, launched in 2021, helps countries research microplastics already in ...

Global plastic recycling rates are now stuck at under 10 per cent, a comprehensive new study shows. Plastic production has exploded in the meantime, creating a "pressing global environmental ...

The amount of plastic being recycled around the world is stagnant at less than 10% with most new plastic still made from fossil fuels, a new study said Thursday.

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As plastic piles up in landfills, New York authorities on the state and local levels are shifting their focus from recycling to reduction. Bales of sorted plastic for recycling are seen in a ...

The EU's target of recycling 50 per cent of plastics by 2025 has not been achieved. Now the goal is to recycle 55 per cent by 2030. Story Source: Materials provided by Kaunas University of Technology.

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At Exxon Mobil’s only advanced recycling facility in Baytown, Texas, only 8% of plastic is remade into new material, while the remaining 92% is processed into fuel that is later burned.