Newsom has called for a future free of plastic waste, yet a single-use plastic bottle is usually by his side during his ...

The regulations aim to ensure clarity in calculating the proportion of chemically recycled material in new plastic bottles.

The bottled water industry generated roughly 600 billion plastic bottles and containers in 2021, according to the report. This resulted in around 25 million tons of plastic waste — most of which ...

Americans are guzzling more water out of plastic bottles than ever before, but recycling fewer -- in part because so many of the bottles are used outside the home. IE 11 is not supported.

Over 90% of U.S. plastic waste is never recycled. ... Americans are fed up with seeing plastic bottles and empty take-out containers in our gutters, on our beaches and in our oceans.

No country receives more discarded plastic from wealthy countries, but shipments from the United States are no longer welcome ...

The Indonesian government aims to lead regional efforts in developing biodegradable plastics by adopting biotransformation ...

These products are normally sold or delivered in single use plastic bottles. It is estimated that more than 190 billion single use plastic bottles of over-the-counter remedies were sold last year.

Around 85% of plastic water bottles, which can take up to 1,000 years to degrade, end up as waste, according to the report. They also end up in the ocean, adding to a vast swirl of plastic waste ...