contributing to the global waste crisis. The low recycling rates are due to various factors, including the complexity of sorting and processing different types of plastics and the lack of ...

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 ...

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 ...

If business continues as usual, global production of primary plastic is forecast to almost triple, reaching 1100 million tonnes by 2050. Despite recycling efforts, less than 10 per cent of the world’s ...

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 ...

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.

In 1950, global plastic production was about 2 million tons ... For years, local governments and manufacturers have relied on recycling as the answer to keep plastic waste from accumulating. However, ...

more financing for waste management systems and increased recycling. But one policy approach emerged as most critical: a reduction in the total amount of global plastic production. That was the ...