As US states ban small, single-use hotel toiletries, accommodation providers are adapting procurement, housekeeping and ...

A squat, light-colored building in Tigard, Oregon, was supposed to be part of a game-changing new solution for the global plastics industry. Called Regenyx, this recycling facility took in polystyrene ...

At the urging of the plastics industry, the USDA is considering allowing materials such as bioplastic cups, coffee pods and compostable plastic bags into the organic compost waste stream. Farmers and ...

"We don't see these chemicals, but they are still going into our soil." ...

Plastic waste is a global issue, and the United States is the largest contributor; however, a team at Southern Illinois ...

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 has ...

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, ...

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Egypt is famous for its ancient history and culture, but it is struggling with a particularly modern problem: plastic waste.