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, ...

Plastic waste is piling up at a daunting pace around the world. The World Bank estimates that every person on the planet generates an average of 1.6 pounds (0.74 kilograms) of plastic waste daily. To ...

The issue of plastic waste is not going anywhere. In fact, globally, we continue to generate more of it. In the EU, plastic packaging waste alone makes up about 16 million tons a year — and less than ...

If all goes according to plan, by the end of the year, some 170 countries will finalize the world’s first legally binding treaty to curtail plastic pollution. Its success will depend in no small part ...

Plastic bottles and other trash pile up along the bank of the San Gabriel River in Seal Beach, Calif. Credit: Mark Rightmire/MediaNews Group/Orange County Register via Getty Images When former top ...

The report, dated March 16, states that plastic waste generation in Delhi is around 1,155.7 tonnes per day, while processing ...

Advanced recycling offers something conventional recycling never could — a way to truly undo plastic.

Humans generate a lot of plastic waste – more than 400 million metric tons a year. Plastic products have been propelling our quality of life forward for over a century, from keeping food fresh longer ...

NEW DELHI: Experts have flagged the leniency of the central government's new plastic waste management rule, questioning its effectiveness. The rule, notified today, promotes the burning of plastic to ...

HOUSTON, Tex.—When the news crew showed up outside a waste-handling business that's failed three fire safety inspections and has yet to gain state approval to store plastic, workers quickly closed a ...

Waste management challenges in the Ashanti Region are expected to worsen as new policies in the plastic sector force some recyclers to shut down operations, while others scale back collections.

Bisleri International Pvt. Ltd., in partnership with the Pimpri-Chinchwad Municipal Corporation (PCMC), today unveiled ...