Plastic recycling plant closures are affecting the US as well, also prompted by the low price of virgin plastic, causing the ...

Seven states have adopted Extended Producer Responsibility laws to make companies pay for their plastic. One industry leader says it's time for federal action.

At K 2025, the Alliance to End Plastic Waste engaged with new and existing partners to scale up circularity efforts, focusing ...

Scientists have discovered a groundbreaking new way to give old plastic bottles a second life — one that could help clean the ...

A new study published in Nature Communications has shown that, rather than being discarded, plastics can be transformed into ...

Every cup of coffee you drink could be purifying the air soon. Researchers at the University of Sharjah have developed a ...

SC Johnson CEO Fisk Johnson laid out the business case for laws to control plastic waste. "Regulation is inevitable in my ...

“People often assume that plastic in the ocean just sinks or disappears. But our model shows that most large, buoyant ...

Scientists from the Department of Geography and Environmental Science at Queen Mary University of London have developed a ...

The suit alleges that Novolex Holdings LLC, Inteplast Group Corp. and Mettler Packaging LLC falsely have claimed bags sold ...

Nigeria generates an estimated 2.5 million tonnes of plastic waste each year, with less than 10% effectively recycled. Across ...

In 2023, the EU generated 79.7 million tonnes of packaging waste in Europe, equivalent to 177.8kg per inhabitant. View on ...