Van Dyk Recycling Solutions uses vertical integration to tackle the global plastic waste crisis through advanced processing.

Plastic waste and debris is a pressing concern for coastal communities like ours — harming marine ecosystems and leading to microplastics in our seafood. The bulk of single-use plastic products are ...

Millions of tons of plastic end up in landfills every year. It’s a big societal problem and an even larger environmental threat. In the United States, less than 9% of plastic waste is recycled.

Upcycling technology company MacroCycle has accumulated $6.5 million in seed funding to commercialize its efforts to keep plastic waste out of landfills. The Cambridge, Massachusetts-based startup, ...

Within 15 years, a garbage truck's worth of plastic could be entering our environment every second. Not every minute. Every second.

Waste pickers salvage reusable and recyclable materials that have been discarded in streets, landfills and informal dumpsites. They account for 15-20 percent of total recyclables collected annually; ...

Since 1950, humanity has produced more than 8.3 billion metric tons of plastic. Most has ended up in landfills or the environment. Now, scientists are working on biological solutions to address the ...

This story is from The Pulse, a weekly health and science podcast. Find it on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or wherever you get your podcasts. Shirley Knarr has been recycling since the 1970s, back when it ...

Community-led research from UCSB’s Benioff Ocean Science Laboratory spans three years, four continents and eight countries to reveal the scale of river plastic waste and offer solutions to stop it at ...

Recycling is not a myth — it’s a movement that’s keeping materials in use, creating jobs and protecting Wisconsin’s ...

As detailed in the latest report by Towards Packaging, the Europe plastic packaging market is forecast to grow from USD 116.87 billion in 2026 to about USD 189.22 billion by 2034, at a CAGR of 5.5% ...