WRAP and Defra have released a new report which explores the investment opportunity in recycling infrastructure in the UK.

generated an average of 36 kg of plastic packaging waste. "Microplastic particles are currently found almost everywhere -- in water, food, fish, and even breast milk," says Artūras Torkelis ...

Scientists estimate that over the next two decades the amount of plastic waste in our oceans will triple ... “Plastic is very resilient, energy efficient and doesn’t cost a lot to build ...

An engineer scoops a handful of tiny pellets out of a stainless-steel canister at a manufacturing plant in the Netherlands and rolls them around in his hand. The BB-sized pellets made at Quality ...

This story is part of Planet or Plastic?—our multiyear effort ... stuff that was giving us abundant, cheap energy: petroleum. Oil companies had waste gases like ethylene coming out the stacks ...

This process produces virgin-like plastic but consumes significant amounts of energy ... which will include recovery and recycling of the solvent, is planned for Q3 2024. This setup is designed to ...

This story is part of Planet or Plastic?—our multiyear effort to raise awareness about the global plastic waste crisis ... s artful vortex evokes the energy—and potential impact—of a ...

At the time, the Biden White House said that an increase in plastic production and waste has been “littering ... be a win for Trump’s allies in the energy industry as well as the plastics ...

Since 2018, the fossil-fuel and plastics industries have faced two harsh realities: Oil is being phased out in favor of clean, renewable energy, and plastic waste can no longer be exported to ...