Solutions to the plastic waste crisis are often pitched using words that can skew value judgments, new research argues. The ...

As nations began a second week of negotiations Monday for a global accord to end plastic pollution, an artist heaped piles of plastic waste onto a large sculpture in front of the United Nations office ...

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Plastic Free July.is a global initiative is helping reduce future plastic waste. The award-winning campaign helps people change their behaviors to end plastic waste. Ted Lindner shares ways we can ...

With 430 million tons of plastic waste generated annually and less than 10% of it recycled, the plastic crisis is out of control. Thankfully, HIRO Technologies is creating a new path forward, powered ...

CONVERGE LIVE - Singapore, 22-23 April 2026. Request invitation. Jacob Duer, CEO of the Alliance to End Plastic Waste, said on Thursday at CNBC's CONVERGE LIVE event that a lack of waste management ...

A new report from the Alliance to End Plastic Waste names separate waste collection, post-consumer recyclate targets, and extended producer responsibility among the essential factors to improve ...

Every year, around 500 million tons of plastic waste is produced globally. That’s almost the total weight of all 8.1 billion people on the planet or the equivalent of 20,000 blue whales in weight.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Each year, the world produces about 400 million tonnes of plastic waste – more than the combined weight of all the people on Earth ...

Within 15 years, a garbage truck’s worth of plastic could be entering our environment every second. Not every minute. Every second. Plastic is everywhere in modern life and has essential, lifesaving ...

GENEVA (AP) — As nations began a second week of negotiations Monday for a global accord to end plastic pollution, an artist heaped piles of plastic waste onto a large sculpture in front of the United ...