GENEVA — When yet another round of global plastic treaty talks fell apart in Switzerland last month, many negotiators and civil society groups were plunged into despair. “We’ve just wasted money, ...

On China’s e-commerce platforms, there is a booming new market for some seriously unusual items, from empty milk cartons to used pen refills. This thriving trade in ...

Scientists in the United States and China say they have developed a one-step method to convert mixed plastic waste into petrol at room temperature and ambient pressure, achieving more than 95 percent ...

A new study shines a light on the enormous scale of uncollected rubbish and open burning of plastic waste in the first ever global plastics pollution inventory. Researchers used A.I. to model waste ...

While energy-from-waste plants are widely regarded as a cleaner alternative to landfills, new research has revealed some facilities produce more carbon emissions per unit of electricity output than ...

America generates 40 million tons of plastic waste a year — and it can't be recycled.

When California Atty. Gen. Rob Bonta filed suit against Exxon Mobil and accused the oil giant of misleading the public about the effectiveness of plastic recycling, many of the allegations surrounded ...

Malaysia says it is no longer accepting plastic waste from a handful of nations, including the U.S., that didn’t ratify the Basel Convention. Malaysia emerged as a major destination for waste from the ...