On Friday, June 20, 2025, in the Uruguayan seaside city of Punta del Este, governments from across the world agreed to establish the Intergovernmental Science-Policy Panel on Chemicals, Waste and ...

Scientists are exploring a method to convert plastic waste into fuels and valuable chemicals using sunlight, potentially ...

Petrochemical companies pitched chemical recycling as a solution to the plastic waste crisis. And the City of Houston ...

Visitors picked up trash, including plastic bottles, styrofoam and plastic wrap, brought in from the bay. (File photo by Chris Stone/Times of San Diego) This article originally appeared on Inside ...

Researchers at the University of Adelaide have proposed a roadmap to solve the crises ...

Humans generate a lot of plastic waste—more than 400 million metric tons a year. To bring this fact a bit closer to home, the U.S. produced an average of 0.75 pounds of plastic waste per person each ...

Get your news from a source that’s not owned and controlled by oligarchs. Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily. Oil and chemical companies who created a high-profile alliance to end plastic ...

The Environmental Protection Agency is reconsidering whether facilities that recycle plastic chemically should be held to the same strict air pollution standards as incinerators. Related video above: ...

As Ineos Styrolution prepares to close its plant on the Ohio River, documents spell out plant's history of violations, fines, waste and spills. The village of Addyston, home to the plant, is in danger ...

By Pham Phan Long Southeast Asia’s growing demand for rare earth elements and gold, driven by global needs in electronics, ...

While the debate on plastic largely focuses on visible waste and pollution, the invisible chemical hazards present in everyday plastic products have received far too little attention.

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