Increasing recycling rates requires a concerted effort from governments, businesses, and individuals to improve systems and promote responsible consumption. An estimated 12% of global plastic ...

Irradiation can also complement and enhance traditional recycling methods. When combined with a chemical recycling method ...

Ranjit Baxi introduced the concept of Global Recycling Day during his inaugural speech as president at the BIR's 2015 Dubai ...

Currently, plastic recycling is a failure ... That won’t bring about change overnight, but facts are stubborn things and they don’t go away. Given time, I suspect that the Global Plastic Treaty will ...

Thank you for carefully rinsing, sorting, and recycling your plastic containers ... right side of history" and support a proposed Global Plastics Treaty "that will finally end the age of ...

This story is part of Planet or Plastic?—our multiyear effort to raise awareness about the global plastic waste ... 6.3 billion tons never made it to a recycling bin—a figure that stunned ...

Pyrolysis breaks down plastic and generates potentially useful oil − but it’s not a silver bullet for the planet.

After importing nearly half of the planet’s plastic recyclables for three decades ... Meanwhile, in developed countries many domestic recycling programs have been halted because of the cost.

The last negotiations for a treaty to rein in plastic waste ended in a stalemate, but some participants saw signs of a possible breakthrough this summer.