The ubiquitous plastic beverage bottle makes up about half of plastic waste collected for recycling in the U.S. Most recycled plastic is processed domestically, but a portion is traded overseas. A new ...

Ever wondered where your plastics end up? A PET bottle can be washed, shredded, melted and given a second life. But most ...

It's easy to think of recycling as the solution to plastic pollution, but the vast majority of plastic waste now ends up in landfills, or worse.

Recent reports by Reuters have revealed Vietnam is importing more plastic waste than it can recycle, causing a significant amount of recycled plastic to end up in landfills. Vietnam is one of the ...

Between 2018 and 2021, when China pivoted from being a major waste importer to banning the trade altogether (and stopped reporting import numbers). In 2025, plastic waste trade da ...

Egypt is famous for its ancient history and culture, but it is struggling with a particularly modern problem: plastic waste.

A lot of ‘recycled’ plastic is being burned overseas—and causing widespread pollution linked to health problems Picture a pile of trash the size of Manhattan and taller than one and a half Empire ...

We need less plastic waste and more clean hydrogen power. Researchers at the University of Cambridge might make both possible ...

Marking International Plastic Bag Free Day on July 3, the Institute of Strategy and Policy on Agriculture and Environment (ISPAE), in collaboration with Hanoi Department of Industry and Trade and ...

Dar es Salaam. Rising plastic waste is emerging as both an environmental challenge and an economic opportunity in Tanzania, with local innovators developing new ways to convert discarded materials ...