Plastic waste is one of the biggest global problems right now, with more than 400 million tons generated each year and only 9 ...

Plastic pollution is more than just trash on the beach. Marine plastic waste releases PFAS and heavy metals into the water of small freshwater lakes and ponds, at levels exceeding the threshold limits ...

Solutions to the plastic waste crisis are often pitched using words that can skew value judgements, new research argues. The paper, authored by the Sustainable Materials Innovation Hub at The ...

The global plastic crisis has long been a ticking time bomb, but now, it seems, a revolution is underway. One company, Corsair Group International, is rewriting the narrative of waste management with ...

During important processes like cleaning, fragments of plastic are lost as microplastics. This means the system itself creates plastic waste, and we urgently need to rethink the design and operation ...

Nigeria's Federal Government has made plastic waste management a legally binding responsibility for producers, shifting to ...

Lawsuits and investigations across the country are exposing vulnerabilities in California's landmark single-use plastic law.

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 ...

SEOUL (Reuters) -South Korea has won international praise for its recycling efforts, but as it prepares to host talks for a global plastic waste agreement, experts say the country's approach ...