In the late 1940s, following wartime-driven innovation, the mass production of inexpensive plastics revolutionized American ...

And these costs come not just in dollars and cents but also through various health threats linked to plastics — including ...

A recent innovation could make it easier to transform plastic waste into usable products. In September 2025, the University ...

The world is miserable at recycling plastics. Currently, just 10–15% of the plastic waste we generate annually is recycled — with the rest incinerated, buried in landfill or dumped as litter 1, 2. A ...

Throwing your plastic bottles in the recycling bin may make you feel good about yourself, or ease your guilt about your ...

The outlook is grim, but a new report lays out a path to nearly eradicate plastic packaging pollution within the next 15 ...

New bill aims to boost plastic recycling by removing regulatory barriers that have slowed industry investment and growth ...

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Many products come in plastic containers that last long after the product is used. Refilleries turn that plastic waste, into ...

The time may be coming to wash our hands of plastic trash. Literally. About 60 percent of all plastic ever made ends up in landfills or littering the environment. Only about one-tenth of plastic waste ...

Discover which countries are responsible for the most plastic waste that ends up on beaches and coasts around the world Take a walk along any beach in the world and you’re likely to find some sort of ...