Millions of tons of plastic end up in landfills every year. It’s a big societal problem and an even larger environmental threat. In the United States, less than 9% of plastic waste is recycled.

People in low-income urban communities in the Global South without access to reliable energy sources are burning the toxic ...

Within 15 years, a garbage truck's worth of plastic could be entering our environment every second. Not every minute. Every second.

NDMC Open To Studying Smart Solutions For Doorstep Plastic Waste Collection, Recycling. New Delhi, Jan 8 (IANS) Exploring ...

Cutting-edge South Korean waste-to-fuel technology transforms cruise plastic waste into usable energy FORT LEE, NJ, ...

[CAIRO, SciDev.Net] Burning of toxic plastic waste as a fuel for cooking, heating, or lighting fires has become common practice in low- and middle-income countries, driven by the absence of basic ...

Recycling is not a myth — it’s a movement that’s keeping materials in use, creating jobs and protecting Wisconsin’s ...

This story is from The Pulse, a weekly health and science podcast. Find it on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or wherever you get your podcasts. Shirley Knarr has been recycling since the 1970s, back when it ...

Waste pickers salvage reusable and recyclable materials that have been discarded in streets, landfills and informal dumpsites. They account for 15-20 percent of total recyclables collected annually; ...

As mainstream investors scramble to catch up to the burgeoning possibilities of climate-tech investing, one area of enormous opportunity stands out — circular plastic. To drive transformational change ...