Parts of the shipping industry are partnering with environmental scientists to monitor ocean plastic pollution.

The European plastics industry is facing a growing crisis as plant closures accelerate and the region falls further behind global rivals in recycling capabilities, according to lobbying organization ...

I n November 2023, the Plastics Industry Association (PLASTICS) released its annual “Global Trends” report, and the association leadership shared an overview of the global market for plastics.

This story was originally published by Grist. Sign up for Grist’s weekly newsletter here. In the time it takes you to read this sentence — say, four seconds — the world produces nearly 60 metric tons ...

The United Nations plastics treaty talks are ending in just a few months, and I get the feeling that a lot of industry people still don't really understand why that's important. Maybe it's wishful ...

Plastics Industry Association analysis reveals limited supply disruption risk despite new Section 338 tariffs on Canadian ...

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California’s ban on polystyrene was one of the biggest wins for environmentalists in the state’s recent history. It went into effect on Jan. 1 — but no one, including the governor’s office and ...

Most of us grew up sorting our trash with the quiet confidence that the plastic we set out on the curb would find a second life. The recycling symbol, with its three chasing arrows, felt like a ...

Tucked into a green-sounding federal recycling bill filed last month is a wish list, not of tough new mandates to get a handle on the world’s plastic’s crisis, but of regulatory rollbacks and ...

In the time it takes you to read this sentence — say, four seconds — the world produces nearly 60 metric tons of plastic, almost entirely out of fossil fuels. That’s about 53,000 metric tons an hour, ...

Resolutions are very popular on Jan. 1 of each year, but within just a few weeks, most of them have fallen by the wayside. Richard Batts from the Fisher College of Business at Ohio State University ...