Two brothers from Bihar left high-paying jobs to build a startup that converts plastic waste into furniture now used globally ...

New research has found that a staggering 220 million tonnes of plastic waste is set to be generated in 2024, marking a 7.11% increase since 2021. The latest study, by charity EA Earth Action, and ...

In a scientific first, researchers have turned plastic waste into a mainstay treatment for Parkinson’s disease (PD). In a proof-of-concept study, researchers used engineered bacteria to convert ...

A PARTICULARLY alarming environmental threat right now is plastic pollution. Plastic debris is not limited to the shores of the Mediterranean, the Atlantic or the Pacific. Trillions of plastic waste ...

The UK Government is consulting on further reforms to the ways that businesses can prove that their packaging waste has been properly recycled or legally exported, in a bid to crack down on fraud. The ...

Hawaii is taking a bold step toward solving its plastic waste problem by turning derelict fishing nets and residential plastic trash into asphalt roads. Researchers at the Center for Marine Debris ...

In a recent study published in the journal Nature Sustainability, researchers demonstrate the successful engineering of a biological process to "upcycle" poly ...

Over at the University of Edinburgh, scientists have discovered a way to turn plastic rubbish into medicine. This amazing bit of research uses a special type of bacteria - incredibly tiny living ...

A new Netflix documentary explores whether cutting out plastic can improve our health. But it’s hardly a perfect experiment. By Nina Agrawal In “The Plastic Detox,” a new documentary out Monday on ...

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(E-waste visual representation) Thailand moves to send back 284 tonnes of hazardous electronic waste after intercepting an illegal shipment linked to the United States. WIKICOMMONS What arrived in ...