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Microplastics have been found in all major European rivers, highlighting urgent concerns about pollution and plastic production.

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Only 9.5% of plastic materials produced globally in 2022 were manufactured from recycled materials. The findings, reported in Communications Earth ...

Expert process of making plastic plates begins with heating and melting plastic pellets, which are then molded into shape ...

The study shows global rates of recycling are “stagnant” at 9% of total production, and used to deal with just 14% of the plastic disposed of in 2022. Incineration is becoming increasingly ...

Cutting down on the production of virgin plastics is essential, campaigners say, in the face of such low reuse rates.