A US company called Matter has developed fantastic products that kiss plastic goodbye: Matter’s plant-based biopolymer and ...

Organization has worked with more than 150 plastic recycling-related startups, with more aspirants in the pipeline. The Alliance to End Plastic Waste and its staff have identified the lack of proper ...

In May 2021, a container ship called the X-Press Pearl caught fire off the coast of Sri Lanka and then sank into the Indian Ocean. The vessel was carrying billions of tiny plastic pellets called ...

Nepal is turning noodle wrappers into roads. Discover how this plastic-asphalt mix tackles pollution and improves ...

Plastic is now becoming as much of a problem as it has been a solution. Some say the global plastic waste crisis has reached a critical tipping point, that the oceans are swimming with microplastics, ...

The global plastic waste crisis continues to escalate, pushing the recycling industry to adopt more advanced and integrated solutions. At the recent AMI Plastics World Expos in Cleveland, industry ...

See more of our trusted coverage when you search. Prefer Newsweek on Google to see more of our trusted coverage when you search. A study published today in the weekly journal Science projects that at ...

Plastic waste in Nigeria presents a dual challenge: cleaning up environmental pollution, and tapping into its economic potential. Many countries worldwide face similar challenges. India, for one, has ...

The plant might seem an unlikely poster child for the fight against plastic pollution, but cement kilns are central to the ...

Plastic pollution is an urgent environmental issue, globally. Every year, about eight million tonnes of plastic end up in the oceans. Most of the 17 west African countries have a problem managing ...