With tailored, evidence-based policies, the U.S. can relieve the burden on local and municipal governments, communities, and ...

States ban plastic bags, PFAS chemicals, and foam containers to cut waste and improve recycling across multiple industries ...

Emerald Packaging, a large supplier of retail flexible packaging for the produce industry, announced that it has become a ...

Plastics have brought convenience and benefit to our lives but also pollution, toxicity, and environmental degradation. Globally, almost 500 million tons of plastic are produced each year, 90 percent ...

The team intends to continue testing and perfecting its process. Researchers make groundbreaking discovery that could solve ...

Across many urban neighborhoods in the Global South, plastic waste is being used not just as something to throw away but as a ...

A recent review in Processes presents various aspects of edible food packaging, focusing on single-use, fast-dissolving edible pouches. Plastic food packaging, typically non-biodegradable, is a ...

Carbon Neutral partners with South Korean firm to convert cruise plastic waste into fuel through Caribbean port facilities.

At the urging of the plastics industry, the USDA is considering allowing materials such as bioplastic cups, coffee pods and compostable plastic bags into the organic compost waste stream. Farmers and ...

Aimplas, the Plastics Technology Centre, a Spain-based technological center that provides solutions to the plastics industry, has announced the launch of the Upcycle project, which brings together 19 ...

Pending policies that demand more recycling cannot offset problems of high costs and competition from cheap virgin polymers ...