One possible solution that’s emerged in recent years is advanced recycling. Advanced recycling, also called chemical ...

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“The world’s commitment to ending plastic pollution is clear and undeniable,” said Inger Andersen, Executive Director of the UN Environment Programme (UNEP), when the fifth negotiation session for an ...

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Workers prepare to bundle used plastic containers at Potential Industries, a recycling plant in Wilmington, in 2022. (Carolyn Cole / Los Angeles Times) As the war with Iran sends the price of virgin ...

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For years, the plastics industry’s narrative about recycling has been falling apart. Research and media investigations have revealed that it doesn’t make economic sense and that petrochemical ...

Many large consumer product companies are falling short of the plastics recycling targets they set several years ago. Observers say this failure has contributed to hard times for the companies that ...

Single-use plastic might just be the most insane act of collective self-harm humanity commits every single day. Each year, the United Nations Environment Programme estimates that we discard a ...

Waste to energy plants are promoted as a win-win - a way to divert rubbish from landfill and at the same time incinerate it to generate power for the grid. It's a solution that ha ...