U.S.-based Association of Plastic Recyclers is launching a new global design catalog to help companies navigate various plastics recycling guidelines around the world. APR has published frequent ...

At global treaty talks in Geneva, the U.S. backs waste management over plastic production caps, drawing praise and criticism.

The U.S. aims to finalize text for a global agreement on plastic pollution that all countries will support, the State Department said.

A leading expert in the health impacts of plastic pollution and microplastics is calling on the UN to end the use of toxic chemicals in all plastics, cap and reduce plastic production and argues ...

The world’s plastics problem is a dangerous double whammy. First, there is a major problem with recycling plastic – more than 400 million tonnes of the stuff is produced each year, but only 9% ...

Visitors at the 21st Vietnam International Plastics and Rubber Industry Exhibition being held at the Saigon Exhibition and Convention Centre until Oct 21. — VNS ...

Plastics pose a significant waste problem: many conventional plastics do not degrade, or do so only with great difficulty.

Under President Donald Trump’s leadership, the United States has withdrawn from international negotiations and commitments, particularly around climate. But the U.S. is very much involved in treaty ...

The international Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development estimates that 22 million tons of plastic waste will leak into the environment this year.