It takes 200 years for polyester clothing to break down meaning that every piece of polyester clothing ever made still exists today. Even for the most conscious consumers, it can be a challenge to ...

Plastic bags tangled in trees. Takeout containers scattered along roadsides. Bottles clogging streams and waterways and washing up on beaches. Across the United States, plastic waste and pollution ...

A new study explores waste management systems and reveals that achieving zero waste leakage by 2030 is unlikely, potentially jeopardizing related Sustainable Development Goals. The authors emphasize ...

A new study shines a light on the enormous scale of uncollected rubbish and open burning of plastic waste in the first ever global plastics pollution inventory. Researchers used A.I. to model waste ...

>> THIS WEEK, WASHINGTON-BASED NON-PROFIT RESEARCH GROUP, THE MINDEROO FOUNDATION, RELEASED AN UPDATE TO ITS PLASTIC WASTE MAKERS INDEX REPORT. THAT REPORT SHOWS THAT GLOBALLY, SINGLE-USE PLASTIC ...

This Thursday marks World Environment Day, an annual awareness day born out of the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP). It’s the largest global platform for environmental outreach, and this ...

Patrick O'Hare receives funding from the UKRI. Lucia Fernandez is affiliated with FADU/UdelaR and WIEGO. Globally, waste pickers are responsible for collecting and recovering – from homes, businesses ...

The world creates 57 million tons of plastic pollution every year and spreads it from the deepest oceans to the highest mountaintop to the inside of people's bodies, according to a new study that also ...

The World Bank on June 13 approved a project to strengthen management of waste, plastics, and pollution in Laos, with a focus on improving municipal solid waste services in Vientiane Capital. The Lao ...

The study focuses on Hengshui City, a national pilot for China’s “zero-waste city” initiative, which generates 4 million tons of livestock manure annually. By carrying out the construction of the ...