PlasticsToday

Innovative Solutions Address Global Plastic Waste Crisis

Van Dyk Recycling Solutions uses vertical integration to tackle the global plastic waste crisis through advanced processing.
New Atlas

Turning plastic into gasoline: Backyard alchemy or TikTok hype?

Picture this: a 21-year-old backyard scientist in Alabama, Julian Brown, sweeps away some dirt and leaves from his homemade solar- and generator-powered, 10-magnetron-powered pyrolysis microwave ...
Fast Company

This Harvard spinoff uses plastic-eating microbes to clean up waste

A plastic fishing line might take 600 years to break down in nature or a landfill. A plastic bottle might take 450 years. Dental floss might take decades. But in a Harvard lab, a recently discovered ...
NPR

Plastic waste is everywhere. Countries have one more chance to agree on a solution

Negotiators from dozens of countries are in Busan, South Korea, trying to hammer out a global treaty to cut down on plastic pollution. It's their last chance before an end-of-year deadline to agree on ...
Los Angeles Times

We’re losing the race against plastic, but there’s a solution

This is read by an automated voice. Please report any issues or inconsistencies here. Within 15 years, a garbage truck’s worth of plastic could be entering our environment every second. Not every ...
The Conversation

If plastic manufacturing goes up 10%, plastic pollution goes up 10% – and we’re set for a huge surge in production

Britta Denise Hardesty receives funding from the Australian Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade and from The United Nations Environment Programme and in the past has received philanthropic funding ...
NPR

I avoided plastic for a week. Here is what I learned about a plastic-free life

Americans, on average, toss out about three quarters of a pound of plastic each day, according to researchers at Oxford University. Most of that trash winds up in a landfill. As someone who loves ...
Futurism

Plastic Is Starting to Generate a Staggering Proportion of Earth’s Carbon Pollution

Our species’ bottomless appetite for plastic isn’t just a problem because of all the waste it generates. Its production is also spewing unchecked greenhouse gas emissions, according to a new report ...
The New York Times

Is Biodegradable Plastic Really a Thing?

Technically, it exists. But here’s what to think about when shopping. Credit...Naomi Anderson-Subryan Supported by By Hiroko Tabuchi On the face of it, biodegradable plastic is a miracle. It looks ...