Only about 5% of plastic is recycled, and much of the plastic waste we generate ends up in our waterways and oceans Since moving to England a few months ago, I’ve noticed the use of more stringent ...

Cleaning products maker Defunkify did its part to reduce plastic waste in 2021, removing more than 41,000 pounds of that material from oceans and waterways. (Defunkify is a great name. It sounds like ...

Taiwan’s move followed South Korea’s new roadmap to cut plastic waste by more than 30 per cent by 2030. Seoul unveiled plans ...

The world’s plastic crisis isn’t simply environmental; it’s existential. A recent study in the journal Nature Medicine found that brain samples contained 10 times more microplastics (equivalent to a ...

The Berkeley, California-based nonprofit group that promotes shareholder advocacy, As You Sow, has announced that PepsiCo Inc., headquartered in Purchase, New York, has agreed to reduce its total ...

The California legislature has made public the updated text of SB 54, or the Plastic Pollution Producer Responsibility Act, introduced by state Sen. Ben Allen. The landmark legislation calls for a 25 ...

The state of being plastic neutral means having a net-zero plastic footprint, for a defined period of time. This should be achieved through ambitious commitments and progress on reducing virgin ...

Amazon said nearly all deliveries in North America no longer have plastic air pillows inside. This change avoids 15 billion air pillows a year, Amazon's biggest plastic reduction effort yet. Companies ...

Environmental finance provider RePurpose Global has launched the Plastic Reality Project, a first of its kind initiative dedicated to ‘upskilling’ corporate leaders with ‘knowledge and experiences’ to ...

Although there's no doubt that marine plastic waste pollution is a major environmental problem, there may be at least a small sliver of hope. According to a new study, plastic trash on Australian ...

185 investors with US$10 trillion in combined assets, coordinated by the Dutch Association of Investors for Sustainable Development (VBDO), have joined forces to call for more corporate action to ...