"This pioneering project is setting a new industry standard, truly changing how PET food trays are recycled and speeding up ...

The Alliance to End Plastic Waste (AEPW), Washington, has entered into a partnership with Project STOP to further scale up the development of more sustainable and circular waste management systems in ...

With tailored, evidence-based policies, the U.S. can relieve the burden on local and municipal governments, communities, and ...

WASHINGTON, March 23, 2023 - The World Bank’s Board of Executive Directors today approved a US$250 million IBRD loan to help reduce plastic pollution from municipal solid waste and agricultural ...

Plastic is just about everywhere, piling up in streams, landfills, and even our bloodstreams and placentas. The United Nations agrees that something must be done, given both the excess of waste and ...

Researchers use a new model to project where the surge of mismanaged medical waste will end up—including beaches, seabeds, and the Arctic Ocean. Around the world, the COVID-19 pandemic has led to an ...

Nigeria government has launched an advanced cutting-edge plastic polyethylene manufacturing technology upgrade machine as part of its move to embrace circular economy practices that promote reuse, ...

A new study is shedding light on households in developing countries burning plastic as an everyday energy source, causing ...

This story is a partnership between Inside Climate News and CBS News. HOUSTON—When the news crew showed up outside a waste-handling business that’s failed three fire safety inspections and has yet to ...