"We have known about this market failure for years." ...

Germany was the world’s largest plastic waste exporter in 2025, sending more than 810,000 tons abroad, mainly to Turkey, Malaysia, and Indonesia. These recipient countries have faced illegal dumping, ...

The global plastic crisis has long been a ticking time bomb, but now, it seems, a revolution is underway. One company, Corsair Group International, is rewriting the narrative of waste management with ...

The Big Plastic Count, conducted by environmental charity Everyday Plastic, saw more than 68,000 people across the country record every piece of plastic packaging they threw away between March 9 and ...

Scientists are using sunlight to turn plastic waste into clean fuels like hydrogen, offering a breakthrough solution to both ...

California's long anticipated single-use plastic law is now in effect. Environmentalists and anti-waste activists are suing, ...

Scientists turn plastic waste into fuel using sunlight and water in a new study that could change how we manage pollution and ...

Entrepreneur Charlie Rudkin-Wilson recycles household plastic into homewares that have featured in Vogue. Rudkin-Wilson wants to "change the perception of plastic waste and to make it seem like a ...

A section of River Nadarugu clogged by plastic bottles near Lake Nakuru National Park in Nakuru on June 5, 2021. [Kipsang Joseph, Standard] The waste management sector contributes significantly to the ...