Areas with less wealth and formal education often have fewer nearby facilities, making recycling more difficult and expensive ...

MIAMI - America generates about 97 billion pounds of plastic waste every year – the most on the planet. In the U.S., one of the biggest users of single-use plastic cups is Starbucks – 75% of its ...

It's commonly believed that recycling plastic waste on a large scale will have a positive impact on the environment, but the truth is a bit more ugly.

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NEW YORK, NY / ACCESS Newswire / March 30, 2026 / For decades, the economics of plastics have been deceptively simple: ...

When former top Environmental Protection Agency official Judith Enck noticed a cavalcade of chemical and plastics industry ...

Now, as oil prices fluctuate and remain elevated relative to past lows, virgin resin prices are rising and becoming more volatile. This volatility reduces predictability for manufacturers and opens a ...

Plastic waste on a global level amounts to hundreds of millions of tonnes annually, although very little of that is recycled.

SmartLifeco reports that a SmartLifeco survey shows Americans, especially Gen Z, are shifting to plant-based products, ...

If those old plastic pots are piling up in your garden shed, bundle them into your car. There's a place in most towns and ...