A 2016 behavioral economics study found that when consumers think their waste might be recycled, they worry less about the ...

Never mind that products advertised as being made from recycled plastic are made almost entirely out of new plastic or that almost all the 300 pounds of plastic every American consumes each year ...

FAILED NEGOTIATIONS AWARD: To delegates who tried to hammer out a United Nations plastics treaty in 2024 but failed to meet ...

“However, some plastic utensils might be made from recycled plastics and some of these plastics can come from products that are not originally intended for food use, like electronics.

Innovative Partnership Expands Carton Recycling Infrastructure on the West Coast ...

They will work to advance the world’s first plastics treaty ... to grow 3 million metric tons a year of recycled materials on top of the products we make from virgin materials.

I recently threw away my trusty black plastic spatula after a scientific paper claimed that such utensils may contain dangerous levels of flame-retardant chemicals. It turns out the researchers ...

The real solution is to switch to systems of reuse and refill,” Lisa Ramsden, the Greenpeace USA’s Senior ... food remains, and recycled products will still have virgin plastic added for ...

The corporations are Exxon Mobil Corporation, Chevron USA Inc., Chevron Phillips ... information that only a tiny fraction of plastics were ever recycled.” “While a minority of municipal ...