States ban plastic bags, PFAS chemicals, and foam containers to cut waste and improve recycling across multiple industries ...

Grist is a nonprofit, independent media organization dedicated to telling stories of climate solutions and a just future. Plastic packaging waste from the online retail giant Amazon ballooned to 709 ...

April 4 (UPI) --The amount of plastic in Amazon packaging has grown 9.6% in the United States, while it has declined elsewhere in the world, according to a Thursday report from U.S. conservation group ...

The plastics industry has worked for decades to convince people and policymakers that recycling would keep waste out of landfills and the environment. Consumers sort their trash so plastic packaging ...

Plastic pollution is a growing environmental crisis that threatens wildlife, marine ecosystems, and human health. With ...

The use of plastic has skyrocketed over the past decade. Recent statistics reveal that in 2021, each person in the European Union (EU) generated an average of 36 kg of plastic packaging waste.

James Cronin received funding from the UKRI Natural Environment Research Council as co-investigators of the 'Plastic Packaging in People's Lives' (PPiPL) project. Project Reference: NE/V010611/1. More ...

Or will politics get in the way? Authored by David Buckby - Senior Research Analyst, Films and Flexible Packaging at Wood Mackenzie The European Union (EU) is in the midst of revising its rules around ...