Confectionery manufacturers are rethinking plastic packaging as pressure grows to improve recyclability, cut waste and ...

It has always perplexed me that single-use plastic constitutes about 40% of global plastic production, yet conversations ...

Companies are stepping up efforts to cut waste from flexible plastic packaging as new environmental rules target one of the ...

Part of Hawaiʻi's growing plastic waste stream, from discarded fishing gear to household plastics, could eventually be put to ...

A plastic bottle tossed into a recycling bin could one day help power an electric vehicle, smartphone or renewable energy ...

The Philippines has relatively low plastic consumption compared with the global average, but it records high levels of ...

Plastic recycling was sold as the answer, but new data suggests the system may be failing far more waste than expected.

As global concern over plastic pollution intensifies, a growing share of the problem is tied not to where waste is discarded, ...

It's easy to think of recycling as the solution to plastic pollution, but the vast majority of plastic waste now ends up in landfills, or worse.

The Dutch government’s plan to extend the deposit system to plastic milk and juice bottles has triggered sharp warnings from ...

Researchers have demonstrated how to use the power of the sun to turn plastic waste, such as drink bottles, into clean ...

Peer into a recycling bin and you'll almost certainly see a problem. Plastic trays, bottles, films all tangled together, ...