A recent innovation could make it easier to transform plastic waste into usable products. In September 2025, the University ...

Organization has worked with more than 150 plastic recycling-related startups, with more aspirants in the pipeline. The Alliance to End Plastic Waste and its staff have identified the lack of proper ...

LOCAL scientists are optimistic that radiation-enabled recycling hubs will support Philippine industries in creating circular ...

Using bacteria to take a bite out of plastic pollution is not new. But can the same microbes be used as a food source? In 2019, an agency within the U.S. Department of Defense released a call for ...

The global plastic crisis is a towering monument to human consumption, with oceans choking, landfills overflowing, and ecosystems under siege. In this grim landscape, the Philippines, unfortunately, ...

The National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine are private, nonprofit institutions that provide expert advice on some of the most pressing challenges facing the nation and world. Our ...

Plastic is just about everywhere, piling up in streams, landfills, and even our bloodstreams and placentas. The United Nations agrees that something must be done, given both the excess of waste and ...

As the world desperately searches for a way out of its global climate change and plastic pollution crises, nations are ...

During a recent trip to Gambia, the Precious Plastic Gambia team focused on training with a bench design. They acquired an ...

The amount of single-use plastic that gets recycled as a measure to manage plastic pollution is insignificant in Bangladesh.

Industry Insight from Ethical Corporation Magazine, a part of Thomson Reuters. Plastic, made up of 99% oil, often seen as a plan B for the petrochemical industry Difficulties dealing with plastic ...