Most people who separate their plastic waste for recycling assume the bulk of it will in fact be recycled. But current ...

Poor waste management is deeply connected to climate change, plastic pollution and global nutrient imbalances globally.

The world produces around 250 million tons of plastic waste in municipalities in one year — plastic bottles, cigarette butts, plastic packaging and much more. Much of that waste — equivalent ...

Plastic Free July.is a global initiative is helping reduce future plastic waste. The award-winning campaign helps people change their behaviors to end plastic waste. Ted Lindner shares ways we can ...

With no action, plastic waste could nearly double. Researchers say just four policies could cut plastic pollution 90 percent by 2050. With no action, plastic waste could nearly double.

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 ...

Plastic waste is everywhere. Each year, around 400 million metric tons of it end up in landfills and places like oceans, rivers and shorelines. The trash breaks down into tiny pieces called ...

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 ...

Plastic waste has let common coots reuse nests year after year. ... Compare shark sizes on our infographic By Melissa Hobson June 18, 2025. Animals ...

It can be stretched like plastic wrap, customized for strength by adding proteins or peptides, and repaired with a small amount of water. MECHS dissolves in large quantities of water or decomposes ...

About 48 million tons of plastic waste are generated each year in the U.S., and very little of it is ever recycled. The city of Houston says it has an innovative new program that can recycle any ...

Developing nations are becoming plastic pollution hotspots, as new research lays bare global disparities in tackling the issue. By using real-world data to simulate waste disposal in countries around ...