Plastic bags, particularly single-use plastics, have become a major cause for environmental pollution in Bangladesh.

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As HHS secretary, RFK Jr. has limited power to regulate how microplastics enter the food supply. He can also boost research ...

As brands roll back packaging pledges, recycled plastic is taking center stage — but at what cost? Here's why integrating ...

For years, Jack Auty studied how inflammation in the human body drives diseases, ranging from stroke to sepsis to Alzheimer’s ...

Microplastics are everywhere: in our seas, in the air we breathe, and even in the food we consume. Although they are nearly ...

Using information from the Plasteax data platform the report theoretically shows how strategic mechanical and chemical recycling capacity growth could address mismanaged plastics.

Achieving near-total plastic circularity is not only feasible, it is the most cost-effective and humane path forward in a ...

New Jersey’s plastic bag ban, enacted in May 2022 under Governor Phil Murphy, aimed to curb environmental pollution by ...

Recognising how microplastics find their way into packaging and the consequences they pose is essential for creating ...

Analysis also finds that only 9% of the hundreds of millions of tonnes of plastic produced ends up being recycled.