HAMAMATSU, Shizuoka -- Researchers in Japan have developed a recycling technology for the ... such as polyethylene used to make garbage bags and polystyrene used in cup noodle containers.

The ratio of shoppers who decline plastic bags at stores has ... by 25 percent and reusing or recycling 60 percent of plastic containers and packages by 2030. Japan, which hosted the summit ...

July 1 marked the death knell for free plastic bags for shoppers at supermarkets, department stores and major convenience stores in Japan as part of a nationwide effort to reduce the effects of ...