A plastic drinks bottle is one of the most "recyclable" objects in the modern waste stream. It is lightweight and collected ...

The escalating environmental and economic challenges posed by plastic waste have spurred a diversity of research into advanced recycling technologies. This field encompasses a range of approaches—from ...

This was for the first time that the “end-of-life fate” of plastic around the globe, which had ever been manufactured, had been calculated. The authors did so by collating data on production, use, and ...

Plastic waste is one of the biggest global problems right now, with more than 400 million tons generated each year and only 9 ...

Plastic is now becoming as much of a problem as it has been a solution. Some say the global plastic waste crisis has reached a critical tipping point, that the oceans are swimming with microplastics, ...

Waste management capacity expansion key to curb plastic pollution: Ocean Cleanup founder ...

SA 4.0 This week, EPFL is hosting Sustainability Week, with a public open house on Saturday, March 7. How EPFL has ...

Nigeria's Federal Government has made plastic waste management a legally binding responsibility for producers, shifting to ...

SEOUL (Reuters) -South Korea has won international praise for its recycling efforts, but as it prepares to host talks for a global plastic waste agreement, experts say the country's approach ...