A 2016 behavioral economics study found that when consumers think their waste might be recycled, they worry less about the ...

“The combination of different types of recycling is going to be the answer. We think there is a home for all these products outside of landfills and plastics are too valuable to waste. They are ...

Without action, researchers have found, the world's plastic waste could double by 2050. But policy interventions to improve waste handling and recycling and reduce the production and use of single ...

Plastic recycling remains a serious problem. Inadequate recycling not only increases the amount of waste left in landfills, incineration plants and nature, but also contributes to the formation of ...

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Now other countries in Asia are increasing their plastic waste imports ... Meanwhile, in developed countries many domestic recycling programs have been halted because of the cost.

A global treaty to end plastic pollution is within reach, but action on chemicals, production and financing is critical.

"Advanced recycling works," they said in the statement. "To date, we've processed more than 60 million pounds of plastic waste into usable raw materials, keeping it out of landfills." But CA ...

Writer Karen Mockler was thrilled when her city of Tucson, Arizona, announced it was starting a pilot program to deal with hard-to-recycle plastics, turning it into building blocks. Then things got ...