Report indicates programs to recover polystyrene from secondary packaging have yielded results in North America.

Image courtesy of the EPS Industry Alliance An industry trade group is pointing to a survey conducted by Ann Arbor, Michigan-based Resource Recycling Systems (RRS) that indicates expanded polystyrene ...

After sheets of clear plastic trash have been ... In recent years the surge in production has been driven largely by the expanded use of disposable plastic packaging in the growing economies ...

Planet or Plastic? is National Geographic’s multiyear effort to raise awareness about the global plastic trash crisis. Come to this page often to learn more, and find out what you can do to ...

Other items included in Tuesday's ban include single-use plastic drink stirrers and cotton buds, as well as expanded polystyrene containers for take-away food. Queensland will disallow many of ...

Despite global concerns over the accumulation of plastic waste, the drive to produce new plastics shows no signs of slowing down. According to OECD data, the world’s annual plastic production ...

You see photos of plastic pollution in the ocean, but it can be hard to connect that to the plastic you're buying and using every day. Here are three ways the plastic you throw away can end up in the ...

Related stories The messaging worked. As companies expanded plastic into every facet of life, recycling became the due diligence needed to sustain our hyperconsumption. We didn't worry about ...

Plastic bags start out as fossil fuels and end up as deadly waste in landfills and the ocean. Birds often mistake shredded plastic bags for food, filling their stomachs with toxic debris. For hungry ...

Under the current ban, which became law in 2014, California stores have been allowed to offer customers thicker plastic bags that are supposedly more recyclable. Under the expanded law signed by ...

Final negotiations for the first-ever United Nations treaty on plastic pollution are due to take place at the end of November. The latest treaty draft states two major objectives: to end plastic ...

Severe burns victims could be treated with better skin grafts, after clinical trials of an advanced version of ...