Plastic waste is one of the biggest global problems right now, with more than 400 million tons generated each year and only 9 ...

Vietnamese inventor Tran Van Truong creates automated waste-sorting system to reclaim resources, reduce landfill waste, and revive polluted dump sites. Faced with mounting domestic waste and outdated ...

Just 9% of plastic worldwide is recycled. Due to waste mismanagement, nearly three-quarters ends up in landfills or the environment. So how can plastic recycling be more efficient? A review article by ...

More than 10 years ago, Dave Hakkens, a then-student at the Eindhoven Design Academy, released a free, replicable design for a plastic recycling machine, Euronews reported. This design was made ...

Thozeka Letuka, a founder of a recycling company Big Start at a buy-back centre based in Clermont, showing clear plastic bottles that have a higher commercial value. Photo: Xolani Dlamini. AS the ...

Proper waste segregation can make a meaningful environmental impact when the correct bins are used. At SM Supermalls, the ...

The global plastic crisis is a towering monument to human consumption, with oceans choking, landfills overflowing, and ecosystems under siege. In this grim landscape, the Philippines, unfortunately, ...

Waste sorting at source is an important step in environmental protection, but although it has been legalised, the regulation is still not being applied in many places. Workers classify waste in the ...