The ubiquitous plastic beverage bottle makes up about half of plastic waste collected for recycling in the U.S. Most recycled plastic is processed domestically, but a portion is traded overseas. A new ...
Burning plastic waste for household fuel, or to manage household waste, may be far more prevalent in poor urban areas in developing countries than previously thought, raising serious environmental ...
Long ignored, plastic pollution has now become a scourge sparing no corner of the globe. It ravages the planet in myriad ways: Every minute, the equivalent of a garbage truck full of plastic waste is ...