Discarded clothing, for example, may be tracked as HS 5505 and not counted as plastic waste, even though 60 to 70 percent of all textiles are made of some kind of plastic. And another category ...

Plastic bag bans are just the tip of the public policy iceberg The state's plastic bag ban began in 2020 but had included an exception for thicker plastic bags because they were marketed as reusable.

That’s just the tip of the plastic iceberg. Plastic has been discovered in human brains , where there’s been a 50% increase in the last eight years. Plastic has been found in our heart tissue .

But some scientists disagree, viewing nurdles as the tip of a plastic iceberg threatening marine bio-life. Hardly any plastic – just 9% worldwide – ever enters a recycling plant. Plastic debris has ...

Genetically engineered bacteria can not only degrade plastic waste, but they can convert it into valuable industrial chemicals. There are still unknowns ... But some scientists disagree, viewing ...