Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Plastic bottles are seen in a recycling facility in Dhaka, Bangladesh on November 24, 2018. Ford County is suing several plastic ...

Just for a minute, think about how much of the plastic you use today will end up as trash. Drink bottles? Grocery bags? Food wrappers? If you live in the United States, it’ll probably add up to about ...

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Ridwell, and companies like it, offer to take complex plastic items you can't put in your blue bin and find a home for them. But are they doing more harm than good?

Companies and other entities are buying “plastic credits” allowing them to offset every ton of plastic they make with an equivalent amount of plastic waste collected and taken out of the environment ...

Over the last decade, the total imports of plastic material rose 19.4%, totaling 432,635 metric tons in 2022. However, from 2012-2022, the exports of plastic materials have decreased by 78.5%. The ...

The importance of plastics in modern society cannot be overstated. They play a vital role in various industries, including automotive, construction, food and beverage, and healthcare. Plastics are ...

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Plastic has become embedded in everyday life. That’s because for the last 70 years, the plastics industry convinced consumers to embrace the... Creating a throw-away culture: How companies ingrained ...