Plastic pollution is a growing environmental crisis that threatens wildlife, marine ecosystems, and human health. With ...

Plastic waste is piling up at a daunting pace around the world. The World Bank estimates that every person on the planet generates an average of 1.6 pounds (0.74 kilograms) of plastic waste daily. To ...

Article by Erica K. Brockmeier Photos by Evan Krape and Kathy F. Atkinson and courtesy of Head Lab June 03, 2024 UD engineers create sidewalk pavers using non-recyclable plastics, reducing natural ...

As the world looks to improve on all three pillars of sustainable development — economic, social and environmental — as the global population increases, countries work together to forge agreements ...

In the 2008 Disney film Wall-E, a tiny robot finds himself alone on planet Earth, working to clean up a world decimated by trash and abandoned by humans who left it that way. Heartwarming as the film ...

With 430 million tons of plastic waste generated annually and less than 10% of it recycled, the plastic crisis is out of control. Thankfully, HIRO Technologies is creating a new path forward, powered ...

Hospitals around the world generate millions of tons of plastic waste annually. Much of this waste comes from single-use ...

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A study published today in the weekly journal Science projects that at present rates the world's plastic waste will nearly double by 2050, imperiling waterways and seas already under threat. But ...

Meet Zuzu! SC Johnson has unveiled its latest campaign, "Zuzu," as part of its efforts to end global plastic waste. The initiative, represented by an animated hermit crab with a plastic bottle as its ...