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Millions of tons of plastic end up in landfills every year. It’s a big societal problem and an even larger environmental threat. In the United States, less than 9% of plastic waste is recycled.

Eni S.p.A.’s E chemical unit, Versalis, and Prysmian S.p.A., a leading provider of energy solutions and telecommunications systems in Italy, have joined forcesto create a circular economy for plastic ...

Within 15 years, a garbage truck's worth of plastic could be entering our environment every second. Not every minute. Every second.

Waste pickers salvage reusable and recyclable materials that have been discarded in streets, landfills and informal dumpsites. They account for 15-20 percent of total recyclables collected annually; ...

Since 1950, humanity has produced more than 8.3 billion metric tons of plastic. Most has ended up in landfills or the environment. Now, scientists are working on biological solutions to address the ...

The U.S. Department of Energy, or DOE, announced this week that it will invest $13.4 million in research funding to address the plastic industry’s contributions to pollution and climate change. But ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I write about businesses creating a more sustainable economic system. The pervasiveness of plastic has become a global concern. An ...

Miranda Wang stood at the edge of a vast ditch—about two football fields wide, three stories deep—and slowly shook her head, shocked by what she was seeing. The muddy trench was filled with multiple ...

The Shocking Truth About Global Plastic Recycling Rates The statistics around plastic recycling are absolutely devastating.