Plastic waste is shifting from environmental burden to a strategic resource as advanced materials turn industrial waste into ...

Manufacturers use method that labels plastic as ‘circular’ and climate-friendly, despite being mostly fossil-based ...

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Companies and other entities are buying “plastic credits” allowing them to offset every ton of plastic they make with an equivalent amount of plastic waste collected and taken out of the environment ...

Plastic pollution could double its harm to human health in the coming decades if current production trends continue, ...

Diplomats negotiating guidelines for an international convention on hazardous wastes this month in Switzerland debated a new section on the “chemical recycling” of plastic debris fouling the global ...

"Closing the loop." Scientists make major breakthrough that could transform what happens to common waste: 'A new industry ...

Researchers have unveiled a low cost metal catalyst that can tear apart plastic waste around ten times more efficiently than traditional platinum based systems, potentially slashing the cost of ...

The use of plastic has skyrocketed over the past decade. Recent statistics reveal that in 2021, each person in the European Union (EU) generated an average of 36 kg of plastic packaging waste.

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