Ten years on, the plastic bag levy has largely been hailed a success - but has it actually helped the planet? Two experts go ...

Currently, plastic recycling is a failure. Only 10 percent of all plastic is recycled (compared to 75 percent of paper). Not because people don’t want to recycle. But once plastic gets to a sorting ...

with many companies and people choosing to ditch plastic straws in favour of paper ones. But are paper straws really the eco-friendly alternative they claim to be? Chung Shan-shan, the director of ...

Converting plastic-heavy automotive shredder residue (ASR) into marketable materials can be assisted with electrostatic methods, says a European technology provider. Color sorting when removing ...

Ten years on, the plastic bag levy has largely been hailed a success - but has it actually helped the planet? Two experts go ...

Sorting waste into the right categories, like plastic, glass, metal, or paper, is not as simple as it sounds. To make this ...

Paper packaging is more environmentally friendly than plastic, right? But concealed within this deceptively simple choice are chemical contaminants, marketing tricks and greenwashing. A visit to ...

Their beloved Frappuccinos and iced espresso drinks served in paper cups, not plastic. The Seattle-based coffee company announced this week that about 580 of its stores had begun replacing its ...