a group of recycling waste workers known as Catadores prepared bales of discarded plastic for transport. As the group of mostly women worked, they spoke humbly of how important their work is to ...

Recycling plastic isn't working. The figure most often cited is that only nine per cent of the world's plastic has ever been recycled. That statistic is taken from a 2017 study looking at how much ...

Nations such as Saudi Arabia and Russia, who produce fossil fuels that provide the ingredients for plastic, oppose production limits, pushing a focus on recycling. Others say that won’t solve ...

Industry leaders, policymakers, and experts gathered to discuss how plastic recycling can drive the circular economy and contribute to sustainable development. Keep updated, follow The Business ...

This so-called plastic recycling "craft village", an hour's drive from Vietnam's capital Hanoi, is where some of the plastic sorted for recycling in Japan, America and Europe ends up for final ...

Plastic production has soared in recent decades, but recycling has struggled to keep pace. As of 2015, only nine per cent of all plastic waste ever produced had been recycled. This has resulted in ...

What Is Driving the Global Construction Plastics Market?

Will the international community manage to come to an agreement to fight plastic pollution? That question is on everyone's minds as representatives from across the globe meet in Busan, South Korea.

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One way to reduce emissions is to recycle plastics. Only 9% of plastics that have ever been produced have been recycled. However, the present-day number is likely higher, as recycling rates around the ...

It's Cyber Weekend! Many US retailers have marked down selected wares, including art and craft supplies. To help you parse ...