Plastics and Packaging - Trash, Recycling and the Environment

America produces more waste per capita than any other country in the world. And recycling, which was once considered the solution to that problem, ... (2021)

With the packaging market being valued at as much as €1 trillion globally it’s become a ripe field for startups to engage this market with digital (2024)

The material can easily be separated from additives to produce pristine recycled plastic (2019)

The environmental consequences of plastic solid waste are visible in the ever-increasing levels of global plastic pollution both on land and in the... (2017)

SUPERMARKETS encourage shoppers to buy products through clever layouts and cunning promotions. Packaging presents items in an alluring way. It also... (2019)

Where does your recycling go? In most places in the U.S., you throw it in a bin, and then it gets carted off to be sorted and cleaned at a Material... (2019)

Shops that minimise the environmental impact of our consumer habits are springing up across Britain. Could they help us avert catastrophe? (2019)

Your home cleaning products have a major carbon footprint. Several startups want to popularize a clever solution: remove the water. Blueland deliv... (2019)

The campaign against disposable bags and other products is harming the planet and the public. (2020)

An NPR and PBS Frontline investigation reveals how the oil and gas industry used the promise of recycling to sell more plastic, even when they knew... (2020)