The more plastic a company makes, the more pollution it creates. That seemingly obvious, yet previously unproven, point, is the main takeaway from a first-of-its-kind study published Wednesday in the ...

For years, companies have been trying to offset their greenhouse gas emissions with carbon credits. Now, they want to do the same thing for their plastic pollution. A growing number of companies are ...

Companies and other entities are buying “plastic credits” allowing them to offset every ton of plastic they make with an equivalent amount of plastic waste collected and taken out of the environment ...

Berkeley, California-based nonprofit organization As You Sow recently partnered with environmental solutions platform Ubuntoo to produce their “2024 Plastic Promises Scorecard," which ranks 225 global ...

MOST COMMON TRASH FOUND ON ALONG THE BEACH INCLUDES TINY NEW AT SUNRISE... THIS MONTH MARKS --- PLASTIC FREE JULY... A MONTH AIMED AT INCREASING AWARENESS ABOUT THE PLASTIC PROBLEM IN THE WORLD ...

Five companies are responsible for a quarter of all plastic waste worldwide, according to a study published in the journal Science Advances. The study, conducted by the Moore Institute for Plastic ...

It will take longer than planned for the companies responsible for a third of U.S. plastics packaging to hit their environmental goals, a report released Monday acknowledged. In 2020, dozens of major ...

To help companies get started on this path toward change, World Wildlife Fund launched ReSource: Plastic, an activation hub ...

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In 2018, at a Dubai resort next to the blue-green waters of the Persian Gulf, Amin Nasser, CEO of Saudi Aramco, stood before an audience of hundreds of petrochemical executives to set out his vision ...

At CES 2026, Clear Drop showcased its solution for homes and businesses to ensure that 100% of soft plastic waste is diverted from landfills.