BUFFALO, N.Y. — Just 9% of plastic worldwide is recycled. Due to waste mismanagement, nearly three-quarters of it ends up in landfills or the environment. So how can plastic recycling be more ...

A mere 9 percent of plastic is recycled in the United States each year. Plastic waste in our country grows unabated because the U.S. operates a patchwork of largely ineffective recycling systems that ...

Led by the Consumer Brands Association, a broad coalition called the Recycling Leadership Council (RLC) has formed with the purpose of working with Congress to spur recycling innovation and American ...

The global plastic crisis has long been a ticking time bomb, but now, it seems, a revolution is underway. One company, Corsair Group International, is rewriting the narrative of waste management with ...

An expert links poor plastic waste management to severe flooding in Lagos, as plastics block drains. A shift to a circular ...

The use of plastic has skyrocketed over the past decade. Recent statistics reveal that in 2021, each person in the European Union (EU) generated an average of 36 kg of plastic packaging waste.

The US Plastics Pact (USPP) has released a resource, Journey to Film & Flex Circularity: A Framework of Necessary Design, Collection, and End Market Levers, aimed at addressing the complex challenges ...

The global production and trade of plastic waste have drastically increased over the recent decades. Plastic waste is mostly traded under the banner of plastic “recycling.” This practice of exporting ...