Globally, 496 million tons of plastic are produced each year and 267 million tons are wasted — or about the weight of 3.4 million adult blue whales. A new study, published in Resources, Conservation, ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Large proportions of plastic waste don't get recycled. Westend61 via Getty Images Plus In 1950, global plastic production was ...

Plastics recycling is evolving but still faces major challenges as material types are more varied and complex than ever. This complexity often creates issues in sorting, making it difficult for ...

The Environmental Protection Agency is reconsidering whether facilities that recycle plastic chemically should be held to the ...

Recycling polyolefin plastics is inefficient and costly because their strong bonds make them hard to break down and require tedious pre-sorting. The future of plastic recycling may soon get much less ...

There’s no question that Amazon is known for its packaging. Boxes and mailers with the ubiquitous smile logo now dot the porches of every neighborhood in the country. And with the company’s 2017 ...

Talks aimed at a global treaty to cut plastic pollution fizzled in Geneva this week, with no agreement to meaningfully reduce the harms to human health and the environment that come with the millions ...

The best way forward is to change the social and economic system surrounding the production of plastic and the management of ...

Grist reports that Starbucks’ new "widely recyclable" cups may still end up in landfills, as actual recycling rates remain ...

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 ...