People in low-income urban communities in the Global South without access to reliable energy sources are burning the toxic ...

Industry Insight from Ethical Corporation Magazine, a part of Thomson Reuters. Plastic, made up of 99% oil, often seen as a plan B for the petrochemical industry Difficulties dealing with plastic ...

Plastic is now becoming as much of a problem as it has been a solution. Some say the global plastic waste crisis has reached a critical tipping point, that the oceans are swimming with microplastics, ...

A U.K. startup, originating from founder Jacob Nathan’s high school science project on using enzymes to break down plastic waste, has secured an oversubscribed $18.3 million in Series A funding.

Although the need for effective waste management has been recognized for decades, human and environmental health challenges associated with plastic waste are not only growing but also accelerating.

European polymers firm says its Project STOP effort has helped provide organized waste management services to 400,000 people in Indonesia. The creators of Project STOP say they hope it ultimately will ...

A study published today in the weekly journal Science projects that at present rates the world's plastic waste will nearly double by 2050, imperiling waterways and seas already under threat. But ...

Digital Peers International (DPI) has unveiled phase two of its environmental initiative to engage tech-driven youths in effective plastic use and waste management in the Federal Capital Territory and ...