The SSPP Challenge drives innovation in sustainable plastics, aiming to reduce plastic waste and improve recycling rates ...

Discover the latest findings from the International Marine Litter Research Unit as experts investigate how plastic waste ...

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 ...

Correspondence from the Western Region At a time when plastic waste continues to choke cities and waterways, a new initiative ...

Scientists have developed a framework for measuring plastic emissions akin to the global standard for measuring greenhouse gas emissions. The approach boosts identification of the biggest contributors ...

The Lancet: Plastic pollution is an underrecognised threat to health, experts warn as they launch a project to track plastics’ health impacts and monitor progress Ahead of the expected finalisation of ...

Plastic bags tangled in trees. Takeout containers scattered along roadsides. Bottles clogging streams and waterways and washing up on beaches. Across the United States, plastic waste and pollution ...

In a landmark move to combat one of South Africa’s most pressing environmental challenges, a new initiative has been unveiled to tackle plastic pollution stemming from the food and beverage sector.

Plastic pollution in Madagascar Mouenthias via Wikimedia Commons under CC BY-SA 4.0 If you organized the plastic pollution that entered the environment in 2020 in a line, it could circle the Earth ...

Costas Velis is actively involved in the waste, resources and circular economy sector in research, advising, scholarship and consultancy capacities. He is affiliated with University of Leeds and ...