Policies aimed at curbing the use of single-use plastic bags have sometimes accomplished the opposite of their intentions, a ...

At a time when synthetic plastic has polluted nearly every corner of the globe and appeared in food and in the human body, ...

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UC Santa Barbara researchers and their colleagues estimate that without intervention, plastic pollution is on track to double ...

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Waste Management says the 57,860-square-foot materials recovery facility will to be able to handle not only Philadelphia’s ...

Pizza boxes can be contaminated with food residue that causes problems in the recycling process. However, if the top (or ...

Branded payments provider Blackhawk Network (BHN) today announced yet another step in its ongoing efforts to reduce its environmental footprint at a global level. Supporting Mastercard’s commitment to ...

France’s push to cut down on single-use plastics is reshaping the packaging industry, with companies having to adapt to meet ...

This move closely follows a host of chocolate and confectionery swaps away from plastic into paper-based wrappers with ...

Delegates will meet soon in South Korea in their last scheduled gathering to get a grip on plastic pollution, with health and ...