Alexander Clapp’s “Waste Wars” tells the story of how trash from wealthy countries began traveling across borders, aided by ...

Unlike plastic bottles, which can in theory be recycled, straws are too small and lightweight to be processed effectively. They can easily slip through recycling systems and end up in oceans, which ...

Discover how Dow leverages advanced recycling technologies and partnerships to drive the circular economy and shape the future of plastic recycling.

The paper straw, Guy Spinelli was sure, would be the way of the future. After 50 years toiling in the country’s paper mills, ...

Trump signed an executive order this week in favor of plastic straws over paper ones. As the debate rages on, here’s why you really don’t need straws.

SB54 put an end to polystyrene — which had low recycling rates and high levels of pollution — in California. But the plastic ...

A journalist traveled to five continents to learn about the afterlife of our trash, and why most “recyclable” plastic ...

BC's Philip Landrigan, M.D., and the Minderoo-Monaco Commission on Plastics and Human Health present a sweeping new report showing plastic as a hazard at every stage of its life cycle Philip ... as ...

who wrote on X: “If radical environmentalists want to ‘end all plastic,’ they should quit ... relatable issues in your daily life is pretty good low calorie politics,” wrote government ...

New research on microplastics in brains reminds us that while scientists compile safety data, our leaders should still act ...

Agencies also must work to eliminate policies that "disfavor plastic straws" and Trump is tasking the head of his Domestic Policy Council with creating a "national strategy to end the use of paper ...