It pollutes shorelines across continents—especially near tourist hubs and urban centers. Most plastic in the ocean originates from land—urban runoff, littering, inadequate waste disposal, industrial ...

The MassDEP-led group launched this week with discussions about how to advance legislation in various categories, including ...

By 2021 annual production had roughly doubled, with the trade in plastics (and goods containing it) estimated to be worth ...

The Siliguri Municipal Corporation (SMC), the largest civic body in north Bengal, has decided to tighten the screws on the use of plastic carry bags and thermocol (polystyrene). The decision was taken ...

Mysuru: Mysuru City Corporation (MCC) commissioner Shaikh Tanveer Asif on Saturday appealed to the citizens of Mysuru to cooperate with the city civic body for effective disposal of waste.

The Coca-Cola Foundation (TCCF) and the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) are fighting against plastic waste across Asia. The three-year, multimillion-dollar initiative spans nine countries ...

The tiny helpers could eat their way through a lot of plastic pollution — one of humanity's most pressing issues. According to a news release by the research institution, a team of scientists ...

Abstract: This letter presents a model-free deep reinforcement learning framework for informative path planning with heterogeneous fleets of autonomous surface vehicles to locate and collect plastic ...

Credit: veeart / Shutterstock. Indonesia-headquartered APP Group, known for its operations in pulp, paper, and forestry products, is backing Thailand’s sustainability objectives, including the ban on ...

They also noted a "significant shift" in global waste disposal, with landfill in decline and around one-third of plastic waste being incinerated. Landfill remained the main destination for most ...

More than 1,000 tonnes of plastic bottles have been collected and recycled under an reward initiative launched in Hong Kong last year, double its target. A group called Drink Without Waste ...