A plastic drinks bottle is one of the most "recyclable" objects in the modern waste stream. It is lightweight and collected ...

Just 9% of plastic worldwide is recycled. Due to waste mismanagement, nearly three-quarters of it ends up in landfills or the environment. Subscribe to our newsletter for the latest sci-tech news ...

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

One of the biggest challenges in recycling plastic is that there are several kinds of plastic that end up in our bins – and those variations in composition necessitate sorting out waste before ...

The Singapore-based Alliance to End Plastic Waste (AEPW) has issued two playbooks designed to boost the collection and sorting of plastic packaging for recycling, including one that addresses the role ...

During important processes like cleaning, fragments of plastic are lost as microplastics. This means the system itself ...

This story is a partnership between Inside Climate News and CBS News. Watch the CBS Reports documentary, "Advanced Recycling: Does Big Plastic's Idea Work?" About 48 million tons of plastic waste are ...

Experts identify multiple interlinked reasons why recycling is failing: Inefficient recycling plants – Processes such as ...

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 ...

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