Some 20 million people globally collect plastic waste to make a living. In developing countries without formal reuse and ...

The policies include a mandate for 40 percent recycled plastic in new products, a cap on plastic production, greater investment in waste management, and a fee on pl ...

France’s Extended Producer Responsibility (EPR) programme, which holds companies responsible for their packaging, is gaining ...

The researchers identified four—a packaging tax, a mandate setting a minimum amount of recycled content, a cap on virgin plastic production, and investment in waste management infrastructure ...

With 430 million tons of plastic waste generated annually and ... We’re looking toward systemic waste management solutions. Fungi aren’t just good at breaking things down.

The new U.S. strategy covers five areas: plastic production, product design, waste generation, waste management and plastic capture and removal. It also lists actions that federal agencies and ...

While the discovery of plastic-eating mealworms is exciting, it’s important to temper expectations with practical considerations. Scaling up the use of mealworms for waste management would face ...

The study determined that four policies to improve the economics of plastic recycling, better fund waste management around the world and limit the production of new, or virgin, plastics could ...

The world produces around 250 million tons of plastic waste in municipalities in one year — plastic bottles, cigarette butts, plastic packaging and much more. Much of that waste — equivalent ...

Besides, plastic bags used in relief distribution have also played a role here. Plastic waste is a hot topic nowadays. Cities require planned integrated waste management instead of collecting waste ...