Global plastic recycling rates are now stuck at under 10 per cent, a comprehensive new study shows. Plastic production has exploded in the meantime, creating a "pressing global environmental challenge ...

The practice is ‘much more widespread’ than previously realised, researchers say, with serious environmental impact ...

People in low-income urban communities in the Global South without access to reliable energy sources are burning the toxic ...

A global study reveals the prevalent household burning of plastic waste in developing countries, raising serious health and ...

Humanity’s use of plastic has grown exponentially since the 1950s. Today, nine million people worldwide are employed in plastic production and processing, and while they are lightweight and affordable ...

In the 2008 Disney film Wall-E, a tiny robot finds himself alone on planet Earth, working to clean up a world decimated by trash and abandoned by humans who left it that way. Heartwarming as the film ...

Amelia Leavesley does not work for, consult, own shares in or receive funding from any company or organization that would benefit from this article, and has disclosed no relevant affiliations beyond ...

Australia has a new national recycling program for soft plastics – more than three years after the devastating collapse of ...