Much of the U.S. uses single-stream recycling, where plastic, glass and paper go into one bin. Here’s what happens to that ...

According to UNESCO, plastic waste makes up 80% of all marine pollution, with 8–10 million metric tons of plastic making its way into our oceans each year. USC Viterbi School of Engineering ...

The United States alone produces tens of millions of tons of plastic waste annually. Yet on average, only about 5 to 6 percent of plastic in… European Union nations reach major breakthrough to ...

That's roughly one piece of rubbish every five steps. Plastic was the most common type of waste. But in many cases it was unclear what the item was originally used for. For example, fragments of ...

Coastal plastic waste in major cities has fallen by 39 per cent since 2013, the study, published in Marine Pollution Bulletin, found. There was also a 16 per cent increase in surveyed sites where ...