Microplastics are everywhere. But after accidentally combining materials in a lab, scientists at the University of Michigan ...

Sorting out answers at Staten Island’s giant paper pulp vat and the massive sifter in Brooklyn — including why seeing metal ...

Regulations are nudging businesses away from plastic packaging and toward paper, but this ‘plastic is bad, paper is good’ narrative is too simplistic.

Researchers have developed a bio-based alternative to thermoset plastics that is both tough and fully recyclable. Using ...

Where do pizza boxes go? What exactly is rigid plastic? How clean do empty jars need to be? Relax, experts say.

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In Nigeria, informal collectors of plastic bottle waste are central to resolving the clash between its environmental costs ...

Writer Karen Mockler was thrilled when her city of Tucson, Arizona, announced it was starting a pilot program to deal with ...

The multi-pack carriers industry is witnessing growing demand, driven by the rising consumption of beverages, including beer, soft drinks, and dairy products. Sustainability concerns are pushing ...

And it isn’t the only food and drink corporate to have ripped up its ESG targets and penned new ones. Unilever also faced ...

Bristol City Council has opened a consultation on potential changes to waste collections, proposing to reduce black bin ...

Instead of buying a bottle of body wash, use bar soap, which has less packaging and is typically less expensive per use than ...