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, ...

Without intervention, global plastic waste could double by 2050, a new machine learning study predicts. However, according to simulations by the study’s authors, a mix of policy interventions could ...

This article is authored by Suhas Dixit, CEO, APChemi & Sunita Mohanty, advisor, Primus Partners.

Since the 1950 s, there has been a substantial increase in plastic production driven by the versatility and wide-ranging characteristics of plastic materials, which make them suitable for diverse ...

According to industry insiders, around 1,000 enterprises are currently engaged in plastic recycling in Bangladesh, processing nearly 4 lakh tonnes of waste annually.

For those of you over a certain age, you may remember this now famous line from the movie, The Graduate, delivered by the character Mr. McGuire to Benjamin Braddock, played by the actor Justin Hoffman ...

A new study from the University shines a light on the enormous scale of uncollected rubbish and open burning of plastic waste in the first ever global plastics pollution inventory. University of Leeds ...

Landfills are overflowing with plastic trash. Serial inventor Jonathan Rothberg’s Protein Evolution found a solution: using AI to create enzymes that can recycle old polyester textiles into a material ...

Once treated as a disposal challenge, sugarcane waste is now being transformed into compostable products that reduce plastic use.

Polyethylene (PE) plastic waste poses an environmental challenge. To explore degradation processes over an extended period, a 60-year study was conducted at an operational landfill in Poland. This ...

Stakeholders in environmental sustainability have called for stronger youth participation in addressing Nigeria’s growing plastic waste challenge, with a renewed push to use the National Youth Service ...

The global plastic crisis has long been a ticking time bomb, but now, it seems, a revolution is underway. One company, Corsair Group International, is rewriting the narrative of waste management with ...