A team of students from Carnegie Mellon University’s Heinz College of Information Systems and Public Policy investigated whether recycling facilities could effectively sort plastics by the sounds they ...

Just 9% of plastic worldwide is recycled. Due to waste mismanagement, nearly three-quarters ends up in landfills or the environment. So how can plastic recycling be more efficient? A review article by ...

NEW YORK CITY, NY / ACCESS Newswire / March 23, 2026 / For decades, the economics of plastics have been deceptively ...

Recycling polyolefin plastics is inefficient and costly because their strong bonds make them hard to break down and require tedious pre-sorting. The future of plastic recycling may soon get much less ...

Potentially harmful chemicals can contaminate untreated water used in recycling plants to clean plastics before they're ...

“The world’s commitment to ending plastic pollution is clear and undeniable,” said Inger Andersen, Executive Director of the UN Environment Programme (UNEP), when the fifth negotiation session for an ...

Single-use plastic might just be the most insane act of collective self-harm humanity commits every single day. Each year, the United Nations Environment Programme estimates that we discard a ...

A large pile of plastic bottles and cans collected on a street corner in downtown Manhattan, New York. A large pile of plastic bottles and cans collected on a street corner in downtown Manhattan, New ...

For years, the plastic industry’s narrative about recycling has been falling apart. Research and media investigations have revealed that it doesn’t make economic sense, and that petrochemical ...

The statistics around plastic recycling are absolutely devastating. In 2024, only 9% of plastic waste was recycled globally, while 91% of plastic waste is believed to not be recycled. Even worse, the ...