No country receives more discarded plastic from wealthy countries, but shipments from the United States are no longer welcome ...

This study, conducted by researchers from China, adds another piece to the mounting evidence that plastic poses a deadly risk to the human heart.. “The data revealed that high-frequency exposure ...

China is the world’s largest producer and user of single-use cutlery, researchers write, but an app option helped cut plastic cutlery waste dramatically.

Malaysia emerged as a major destination for U.S. waste after China banned American waste imports in 2018. California shipped ...

We all consume thousands of microplastic particles in food, water, and air, and plastic use can expose us to harmful chemicals. Consumer Reports explains how to eat less plastic and try to reduce ...

In an article published in npj Science of Food, scientists led by the Food Packaging Forum show that the normal and intended ...

If these green nudges were applied to all of China, the team found that more than 21.75 billion sets of single-use cutlery could be saved annually, eliminating 3.26 million metric tons of plastic ...

A new study examines how a food-delivery platform in China used 'green nudges' to increase the share of no-cutlery orders by 648 percent. Extending the changes to all of China would reduce 3.26 ...

SINGAPORE—The advent of the food-delivery app has left a bad taste in the mouths of governments, environmentalists and others left wondering how to cope with the mountains of plastic waste ...

Defaulting to “no cutlery” options on food-delivery app orders and rewarding customers who chose to forgo plastic utensils significantly reduced single-use cutlery waste, according to a new ...