Without action, the study warns, plastic consumption and emissions could rise by 37 percent by 2050. The research underscores the environmental and social costs of plastic waste, particularly for the ...

The city is second only to a London borough when it comes to low recycling rates.

The Santa Maria Utilities Department will hold a free recycle bin distribution event at the Regional Landfill this Saturday, ...

Regulations imposed to protect the environment may continue to have impacts even after they are repealed. And those lingering ...

Plastic pollution impacts all planetary boundaries, affecting the environment and health on a global scale. Researchers call ...

A new study determines that just four policies can reduce mismanaged plastic waste -- plastic that isn't recycled or properly disposed of and ends up as pollution -- by 91% and plastic-related ...

The plans to set up a counting station for returnable bottles and cans have provoked fierce protests in Vorchdorf. Although ...

Waste Management says the 57,860-square-foot materials recovery facility will to be able to handle not only Philadelphia’s ...

Although global polymer demand has been stable in recent years, a lack of recycling capacity has prevented more than 100 ...

Reducing black bin collections to three-weekly would boost the recycling rate by about six per cent, with about 40 per cent ...

Another proposal, reducing black bin collections to three-weekly, would boost the recycling rate by about six per cent, with ...