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New Jersey's plastic ban drew headlines recently after a study questioned its effectiveness. While the single-use bag ban lowered bag volume use, it increased consumption of...

France's Veolia helped turn Master Kong's waste plastic bottles into recyclable PET pellets. Storage boxes created from PET bottles had a 21% smaller carbon footprint, Alibaba ...

Starting January 1, polystyrene, or Styrofoam, to-go containers and plastic grocery bags are banned in most large retail and food establishments statewide, including many grocer...

Plastic waste has been found everywhere, from city streets to the depths of the Mariana Trench, where it harms economies, ecosystems, and human health. While the crisis feels ub...

Researchers have discovered what they think is a new form of plastic pollution: thin films of plastic waste chemically bonded to rocks.

Negotiators from around the world gathered in Nairobi, Kenya, on Monday for fresh talks over a landmark international treaty to combat plastic pollution.13 November 2023

United Kingdom, 31 October 2023，UNDP – The biggest global voluntary effort to tackle plastic pollution and waste shows it is possible to make progress on a pressing enviro...

An environmental initiative targeting marine plastic pollution in Zhejiang province was on Monday awarded the 2023 Champions of the Earth, the United Nations' highest enviro...

How to make plastics less harmful is an urgent question in chemistry — and must be for policy, too.

Unleash the ocean's potential to boost economies sustainably while addressing climate change, food security and biodiversity.

The effects of ongoing M&A, the bio-gas boom, and regulatory and financial debates around plastics are among the most complex topics on Waste Dive's radar in the new year. Pu...