For snacks and leftovers, reusable silicone bags or beeswax wraps provide a washable, eco-friendly alternative to plastic ...

Some 20 million people globally collect plastic waste to make a living. In developing countries without formal reuse and ...

MANILA, Philippines — The Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) is set to start using polyethylene terephthalate (PET) plastic bottle waste as an additive to enhance stability and ...

An estimated 8 million metric tons (MMT) of plastic waste enters the world's ocean each year - the equivalent of dumping a garbage truck of plastic waste into the ocean every minute. Plastic waste is ...

THE SIBU Municipal Council (SMC) is grappling with the challenge of plastic waste overwhelming the Kemuyang sanitary landfill, with its number two cell nearly full and a costly third cell unfinished.

The move follows President Donald Trump’s executive order signed earlier this year that specifically targeted initiatives to use paper straws instead of plastic ones. The Interior Department ...

Like many nations in the Global South, it faces a growing plastic pollution crisis, driven by rapid urbanisation, limited waste infrastructure, and widespread use of single-use plastics.

Environment Adviser Syeda Rizwana Hasan said both users and producers must be accountable for efforts to mitigate plastic pollution.

Canadian-based company Plastic Bank has removed globally from the environment about 8.2 billion bottles and collected 162 ...

The United States alone produces tens of millions of tons of plastic waste annually. Yet on average, only about 5 to 6 percent of plastic in… European Union nations reach major breakthrough to ...

New Delhi: Researchers at IIT-Guwahati have developed an eco-friendly alternative to conventional wastewater treatment methods by combining biochar derived from Spent Mushroom Waste and laccase ...