Every year, the world sees the production of over 400 million tons of plastic. This staggering number highlights the enormity of our reliance on this versatile material. Unfortunately, only a ...

Andrea Bassetti of ICIS unpacks trade shifts, recycling policy gaps, and the future of plastics in North America.

As a result, most plastics make their way into landfills and eventually into the environment—increasing global waste and pollution on both the land and in the sea.

BC's Philip Landrigan, M.D., and the Minderoo-Monaco Commission on Plastics and Human Health present a sweeping new report showing plastic as a hazard at every stage of its life cycle Philip Landrigan ...

In March, Platts, part of S&P Global Commodity Insights, announced independent price assessments of mixed plastic scrap for the United States and Europe, coinciding with the 40th anniversary of its ...

Fast fashion is accelerating an environmental catastrophe, with the equivalent of one garbage truck’s worth of clothing ...

Thank you for carefully rinsing, sorting, and recycling your plastic containers — but plastic is trash and trying to recycle it is futile, Greenpeace said in a bombshell October 2022 report.

The European Union's plastic recycling industry is at a breaking point, the trade group Plastics Recyclers Europe warns in a March 19 statement. A sharp decline in domestic production, increased ...

Walmart does not expect to meet its 2025 plastic packaging reduction and recyclability targets, the retailer revealed in an update published Feb. 28. This follows Walmart saying at the end of ...

In 1950, global plastic production was about 2 million tons. It's now about 400 million tons—an increase of nearly 20,000%. As a material, it has seemingly limitless potential. Plastic is ...