Plastic use keeps rising rapidly while recycling struggles. Incineration grows steadily, but it may harm more than help.

Every year, some 5.6 MM tonnes (t) of plastic packaging winds up in house-hold waste in Germany after being used just once.

Why do plastic bags look and feel so different to plastic containers, such as soft drink bottles or yogurt tubs? The ...

Let's be honest: Recycling ... in large paper bags and those absolutely can and should be recycled or reused. Plastic bags, on the other hand, can't be. Clean paper products: Any paper plates ...

Trash is inevitable, a by-product of ... single-use plastic bag. Some Americans might believe that this everyday item gets recycled. Few imagine that it could end up in a small village in Indonesia.

The main processing area at Waste Pro is a noisy, cavernous space filled with the continuous hum and motion of machinery, a ...

A year has passed since Japan introduced mandatory charges to customers for each single-use plastic bag taken ... single-use plastic products by 25 percent and reusing or recycling 60 percent ...

Using information from the Plasteax data platform, the report theoretically shows how strategic mechanical and chemical recycling capacity growth could address mismanaged plastics.