The world now produces more than 400 million metric tons of plastic every year, according to the United Nations Environment Programme, with projections climbing toward 500 million tons within the next ...

The soft plastic recycling industry wants more waste to stay here, saying too much material is being sent overseas.

Nearly a billion pounds of plastic film mulch is used in American agriculture each year, and most of it is dumped into ...

More than 8 billion tons of plastic waste clog the planet. If stacked within Chicago’s Millennium Park, plastic dumped into ...

From Beaufort, South Carolina to Cape Cod, Massachusetts, and from Jefferson City to Providence, a familiar policy script is ...

Workers prepare to bundle used plastic containers at Potential Industries, a recycling plant in Wilmington, in 2022. (Carolyn Cole / Los Angeles Times) As the war with Iran sends the price of virgin ...

It was stated by Selangor government recently that there was an uptick in recycling. Read full story ...

It isn’t just plastic bags, butts and balloons littering the coast. Dock bumpers, debris booms and sandbags shed plastic, too. The California Coastal Commission will vote this week on new guidance ...

NEW YORK CITY, NY / ACCESS Newswire / May 31, 2026 / Plastic has always been treated as one of the world's most dependable materials: inexpensive, scalable, lightweight, and available in enormous ...

This is read by an automated voice. Please report any issues or inconsistencies here. As the war with Iran sends the price of virgin plastic skyward, speculation is growing as to whether recycled ...

LOS ANGELES -- As the war with Iran sends the price of virgin plastic skyward, speculation is growing as to whether recycled plastic could finally have its day after struggling for years to gain a ...