This past Earth Week, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) released the draft National Strategy to Prevent Plastic Pollution for public comment. The draft strategy was released alongside a ...

EPA conducted public outreach and engagement activities to inform the development of the “National Strategy to Prevent Plastic Pollution,” including issuing a draft for public comment in April ...

A report assessing state policies on plastics comes just weeks before negotiators meet to attempt to finalize a global treaty on plastic waste.

The Ocean Recovery Alliance, headquartered in Hong Kong, has released “Towards Circular Plastics: Assessing the Impact of Recycling Technologies in Tackling Plastic Pollution,” a report that assesses ...

There is a cost to packaging that needs to be internalized,” said Sen. Michael Dembrow, who championed the Plastic Pollution and Recycling Modernization Act in the legislature in 2021.

Every minute, the world produces about 1 million plastic bottles, and a staggering 91% of plastic waste is never recycled.

Meanwhile, a realistic production cap could cut annual pollution by 48 million metric tons all by itself. Excluding a production cap from the treaty will make it much harder to rein in plastic ...

State approves new recycling rules to reduce packaging pollution, make producers pay for waste. ... The Plastic Pollution and Recycling Modernization Act will go into effect July 1, ...

We need to rethink “reuse, reduce, recycle”. Based on the book by Jenny Price. Recycling has been the gold standard for fighting pollution for decades. But most plastics can’t be recycled ...

LA CONNER — The Port of Skagit hosted a demonstration Thursday on how La Conner Maritime Service safely recycles older boats that may cause harm to the environment.