AFP reported on the government's four-year delay of the measure that pushes the deadline to Jan. 1, 2030. The government said ...

I used to grab a plastic water bottle without thinking twice. It was easy. Convenient. The thing you just did when you were ...

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Researchers create supercapacitors from waste PET plastic bottles that could power electric vehicles and electronics within 5 ...

Four years after Germany phased out light plastic bags, how has the EU addressed plastic waste? And why do single-use items ...

Dubai is rolling out another phase of its single use plastic ban as of Thursday January 1 - and it's going to have a big ...

Amazon is eliminating the use of the puffy plastic air pillows used in delivery boxes, joining other major companies that are cutting their plastic use. The company said it was shipping 15 billion ...

Land hermit crabs have been using bottle tops, parts of old light bulbs, and broken glass bottles as shelters instead of shells. Polish researchers studied 386 images of hermit crabs occupying these ...

So far, recycling efforts haven't lived up to the hype, with only about 9% of plastic items getting recycled. An estimated 12 ...

WUHAN, CHINA - OCTOBER 29: (CHINA OUT) A worker sorts used plastic bottles at a plastics recycling mill which is ceasing production as the global financial crisis starts to bite in China's recycling ...