Plastic is one of the most durable materials humans have ever made. That durability has made it indispensable in medicine, ...

Plastic pollution is one of the most serious problems affecting the world’s oceans. If current trends continue, plastic pollution is expected to outweigh all fish in the sea by 2050. Finding a ...

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

Jacob Rognhaug As Europe faces mounting pressure to meet its 2030 climate targets, all eyes are on the technologies helping to cut emissions at ...

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, ...

Last year I tried out Loop, the zero-waste pilot project put together by consumer product conglomerates. It functions sort of like a cross between Amazon and the milkman, delivering food and personal ...

The Metropolitan Manila Development Authority is working with the World Bank Group and local government units for the ...

LONDON--(BUSINESS WIRE)--The global plastic waste management market size is poised to reach USD 4.8 billion by 2023, according to a new report by Technavio, progressing at a CAGR of 3% during the ...

The vast and mysterious depths of our oceans hold an unexpected beacon of hope in the face of the growing plastic pollution crisis. A unique breed of deep-sea bacteria has been discovered, capable of ...

Sept. 17 (UPI) --Even if countries fund massive cleanup efforts and dramatically improve waste management infrastructure, two studies published Thursday in the journal Science suggest it won't be ...