Discover the challenges of global waste management as this video explores the dramatic increase in population and its impact ...

The coalition, led by the Consumer Brands Association, aims to work with Congress to spur recycling innovation across the U.S ...

Researchers document widespread plastic burning in homes worldwide, driven by energy poverty, poor waste services, and limited fuel options.

People in low-income urban communities in the Global South without access to reliable energy sources are burning the toxic plastic waste inundating their communities to cook and heat their homes.

Plastic waste turns up in many places, sometimes piled at the edge of a road, sometimes tucked behind homes. In a growing number of cities across the Global South, it also turns up in cooking fires. A ...

Plastic grocery bags are no friend to the environment, but they're hard to avoid altogether. Plastic bags can’t be put out ...

Learn how UNR’s Environmental Health & Safety supports plastic film recycling with new campus drop‑off locations and ...

California has hailed itself as a leader in single-use plastic reduction and legislation. But a scuttling of its pioneering ...

An initiative that asks surgery patients to bring their own reusable bags for belongings and a reusable water bottle decreased surgical carbon footprints, waste, and cost.

Carbon Neutral partners with South Korean firm to convert cruise plastic waste into fuel through Caribbean port facilities.

One category of recyclables may even lose its recycling symbol altogether.

Mecklenburg County now accepts plastic bags and wraps at recycling centers, responding to residents' requests for more ...