Plastic use keeps rising rapidly while recycling struggles. Incineration grows steadily, but it may harm more than help.

Every week, millions of Americans toss their recyclables into a single bin, trusting that their plastic bottles, aluminum ...

At Pittsburgh’s Reclamation Factory, Georgia Crowther aims to use automation to turn waste into park benches, playgrounds and more.

In a quiet corner of Medina Gounass, on the outskirts of Dakar, Senegal, one man has taken it upon himself to breathe new ...

Plastic Reboot is the first initiative at this scale aimed at addressing plastic pollution through upstream solutions in key ...

Artist Cindy Pease Roe’s creative process starts with what washes up on shore. Rope, fishing line, netting and other marine ...

According to UNESCO, plastic waste makes up 80% of all marine pollution, with 8–10 million metric tons of plastic making its ...

By 2021 annual production had roughly doubled, with the trade in plastics (and goods containing it) estimated to be worth ...

The millimeter-thick paperboard behaves just like plastic; it's strong, transparent, shapeable—and can hold boiling water. But it degrades within a year on the ocean floor.

The restaurant industry is coming face-to-face with financial pressures, from rising food prices to the impact of tariffs. According to data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics, wholesale food prices ...

As global crises and inequalities escalate, UN University identifies five deep, fundamental changes needed to address several ...