Dear EarthTalk: What are some examples of ways food and drink producers are fighting the ever-growing torrent of plastic waste they have helped create? -- Stacy Y., Raleigh, NC As more people become ...

Plastic waste is shifting from environmental burden to a strategic resource as advanced materials turn industrial waste into ...

Plastic pollution could double its harm to human health in the coming decades if current production trends continue, ...

Companies and other entities are buying “plastic credits” allowing them to offset every ton of plastic they make with an equivalent amount of plastic waste collected and taken out of the environment ...

Since 1950, humanity has produced more than 8.3 billion metric tons of plastic. Most has ended up in landfills or the environment. Now, scientists are working on biological solutions to address the ...

Recent scientific breakthroughs have unveiled the potential of certain worm species in tackling the global plastic pollution problem. These “hungry worms”, including moth larvae and superworms, have ...

Get your news from a source that’s not owned and controlled by oligarchs. Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily. Oil and chemical companies who created a high-profile alliance to end plastic ...

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A purpose-driven innovation by a Hyderabad professor shows how non-recyclable plastic can be transformed into low-cost fuel while tackling India’s growing waste crisis.

For those of you over a certain age, you may remember this now famous line from the movie, The Graduate, delivered by the character Mr. McGuire to Benjamin Braddock, played by the actor Justin Hoffman ...