Organization has worked with more than 150 plastic recycling-related startups, with more aspirants in the pipeline. The Alliance to End Plastic Waste and its staff have identified the lack of proper ...

Plastic is now becoming as much of a problem as it has been a solution. Some say the global plastic waste crisis has reached a critical tipping point, that the oceans are swimming with microplastics, ...

Global packaging producer Amcor PLC, Zurich, recently announced its support of a three-year plastic recycling project led by the Danish Technological Institute. The co-funded partnership, Circular ...

Nigeria is moving to align policy and finance to address plastic waste, as the Nigeria National Plastic Action Partnership and ...

A U.K. startup, originating from founder Jacob Nathan’s high school science project on using enzymes to break down plastic waste, has secured an oversubscribed $18.3 million in Series A funding.

Industry Insight from Ethical Corporation Magazine, a part of Thomson Reuters. Plastic, made up of 99% oil, often seen as a plan B for the petrochemical industry Difficulties dealing with plastic ...

Companies and other entities are buying “plastic credits” allowing them to offset every ton of plastic they make with an equivalent amount of plastic waste collected and taken out of the environment ...

This Collection supports and amplifies research related to SDG 12 - Responsible Consumption & Production. The escalating crisis of plastic waste has emerged as a significant environmental challenge, ...

Using bacteria to take a bite out of plastic pollution is not new. But can the same microbes be used as a food source? In 2019, an agency within the U.S. Department of Defense released a call for ...

The report, ‘Plastic Waste Generation and Management in Apni Mandis,’ Chandigarh, authored by project co-ordinator Japneet Kaur, is based on surveys of 500 vendors, 750 customers and 110 nearby ...

What you need to know: These programmes promote recycling, repurposing, and the creation of new products from waste Chevening alumni have launched a pilot study in secondary schools across Kampala, ...