The adoption of any new policies such as bottle bills, reuse systems, EPR or certain food packaging bans could reduce disposal by 10% to 20% by 2040. Such changes could influence new jobs and ...

Canadian organization plans to assess and enable recyclability of plastic scrap generated at 10 construction site projects in western Canada. Garron Dalby, who is serving as a site monitor as part of ...

Bales of shredded plastic material are stacked in a warehouse with two people in hard hats talking in front of them as a third person drives a forklift carrying a bale. Bales of used plastic at ...

An ambitious project at UC Berkeley aims to take plastic and break it down to create new plastic. Scientists at Berkeley said they have discovered a new way to vaporize plastic bottles and bags. What ...

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 ...

Using bacteria to take a bite out of plastic pollution is not new. But can the same microbes be used as a food source? By Sara Talpos/Undark Published Aug 22, 2024 8:33 AM EDT This article was ...

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 ...

Plastic waste collected from Vellingiri Hills in Tamil Nadu is being recycled by Recompose Recycling into furniture and a bus shelter in Coimbatore, creating a circular model for waste management.