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A research team is developing a method to recycle more plastics
Phys.org· 11 hours agoGlobal plastic production has increased from 2 million tons in 1950 to 360 million tons in 2018, and...
DOW & SCGC Ink MOU to Transform 200KTA of Plastic Waste
Zacks via Yahoo Finance· 22 hours agoThe deal will allow both companies to play a vital role in promoting greater circularity in the...
California lawmakers approve bills to ban grocery, retail stores from offering plastic bags
Fresno Bee McClatchy via AOL· 11 hours ago“We need to do better. Shockingly, some 18 billion pounds of plastic waste flows into the oceans...
Why “paper or plastic?” may be coming to an end at California grocery stores
San Jose Mercury News· 9 hours agoFor years, “paper or plastic?” has been the question that millions of shoppers hear when they roll...
California lawmakers pass bills to ban plastic ‘reusable’ shopping bags
KSWB articles via Yahoo News· 13 hours agoTwo bills aiming to close a loophole in California's single-use plastic bag ban that allows for...
Views on single-use plastic waste vary based on concern about health impacts, survey finds |...
GreenBiz· 6 days agoPublic opinion on single-use plastics has decreased in some countries while remaining high in...
Turning the Tide—How Latinos Hold the Solution to Marine Plastic Pollution
Newsweek· 2 days agoThe ocean, vast and seemingly infinite, has been humanity's dumping ground for plastic waste. With...
America’s landfills are ‘garbage lasagnas’—fetid layers of waste oozing dangerous methane,...
Fortune via Yahoo Finance· 12 hours agoLandfills often contain layers upon layers of garbage, encompassing everything from decomposing food...
Just Five Companies Produce Nearly 25 Percent of All Plastic Waste Worldwide
Sierra Club· 3 days agoFor a new study, researchers teamed up with over 100,000 volunteers across six continents to identify the most common sources of plastic waste. In a study ...
Snack company releases first-of-its-kind chip bag: 'The potential to revolutionize packaging as we...
The Cool Down via Yahoo News· 20 hours ago"That's a lot of waste and a huge environmental problem." Indeed, the single-use plastic problem is...