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We Need Viable Pathways for Recycling and Composting Bioplastics

Elsa Dominish, Fiona Berry, Nick Florin and Rupert Legg 28/03/2023

If you use compostable bags for kitchen waste, that’s...

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Emphasis on Consumer Recycling Can’t Make a Dent in the Plastic Crisis

Erica Cirino 04/08/2022

The industry has convinced us that recycling will reverse...

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Before We Can Manage E-Waste, We Must Reduce Waste. This Is Why.

Meghana Vodapalli and Divya Tiwari 20/04/2022

A decade after India first introduced its rules pertaining...

FILE PHOTO: Aluminium beverage cans in a container at Metallum recycling company in Regensdorf

Pandemic Sharpens Sustainability Focus in Plastics and Aluminium

Reuters 12/01/2021

In plastics, tougher regulation since China shut its doors to...

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Plastics – the Only Industry That Seems to Have Profited During the Pandemic

Brian J. Love and Julie Rieland 25/06/2020

Although higher volumes of recyclables are being set on...

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For Developing Countries, More Solar Power – and More Lead Contamination

Anuradha Varanasi 04/06/2020

In India, tens of millions of households remain without...

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Thanks to a Little-Known Treaty, Poorer Countries Can Now Say No to Exported Waste

Jen Allan 08/01/2020

Poorer countries can now refuse shipments of plastic waste...