SC Johnson, Conservation International and EarthEcho International are working with celebrity partners on an advocacy campaign that calls for collective action and urges greater business ...

Since the first synthetic plastic was invented in 1907, an explosion in the world’s population and increased consumerism over the last century have led to a massive demand for — and the production of ...

The Post-radiation Reactive Extrusion of Plastic Wastes (PREx) Prototype House at the PNRI grounds in Quezon City. (DOST-PNRI) LOCAL scientists are optimistic that radiation-enabled recycling hubs ...

Arms aloft, the president of the United Nations Environment Assembly triumphantly told delegates in Kenya: “Plastic pollution has grown into an epidemic. With today’s resolution, we are officially on ...

A new era of 3D-printing "microfactories" is helping to turn waste plastics into "highly competitive" products fit for use in the construction industry. Veena Sahajwalla, professor and Founding ...

Plastic Free July.is a global initiative is helping reduce future plastic waste. The award-winning campaign helps people change their behaviors to end plastic waste. Ted Lindner shares ways we can ...

Each year, the world produces about 400 million tonnes of plastic waste – more than the combined weight of all the people on Earth. Just 9 percent of it is recycled, and one study predicts that global ...

Our ability to survive on the only known habitable planet has always involved adaptation and innovation. Carbon emissions and plastics, while central to our current way of life, have detrimental ...

With the rise in plastic usage and a growing population, Cameroon's waste processing industry is struggling to keep up with the increasing demand. This has given rise to an informal waste processing ...

MANILA, Philippines — Plastic waste topped the list of trash left by visitors in cemeteries nationwide during Undas, according to monitoring by the EcoWaste Coalition. According to the group’s ...