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Plastics News March 16, 2024

Unable to reduce waste: recycling lags behind as plastic production grows exponentially worldwide

Plastic pollution has spread to Earth’s farthest reaches, with widespread effects on wildlife, the environment and human health. To...

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Plastics News March 13, 2024

Alliance to End Plastic Waste publishes steps to improve segregated household plastic waste collection

The Alliance to End Plastic Waste has published the first of a series of ‘playbooks’ describing solution models for a circular...

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Plastics News March 2, 2024

Europe, UK, Australia see record high plastic waste exports to Asia

Exports of plastic waste to countries outside the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD), a group of mostly...

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Plastics News February 27, 2024

Sway Launches Seaweed Pellets to Replace Single-Use Plastics at Scale, Following $5M Funding Round

California-based Sway, a startup creating biodegradable alternatives to plastic, has introduced Thermoplastic Seaweed (TPSea), a “breakthrough” biopolymer resin made from...

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Plastics News December 28, 2023December 28, 2023

NSW Government seeks feedback for further action on plastic

The New South Wales (NSW) Government has launched a public consultation on its new plan to further reduce plastic...

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Plastics News December 27, 2023

AI anticipates impact of microplastics on soil properties: Study

Washington DC: Plastic garbage and its accumulation in nature has recently become a major environmental concern. While plastic pollution...

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Plastics News December 27, 2023

American Waste Control’s Mr. Murph 2.0 facility takes on Tulsa’s holiday recyclables

American Waste Control’s Mr. Murph 2.0 recycling facility is taking on Tulsa’s holiday recyclables with the help of AI...

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Plastics News December 22, 2023

Reusable and Recyclable, This New Hydrogel Slashes Its Environmental Impact

As flexible networks of polymer chains suffused by water, hydrogels possess excellent properties including softness, elasticity and biocompatibility. Accordingly,...

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Unable to reduce waste: recycling lags behind as plastic production grows exponentially worldwide

Alliance to End Plastic Waste publishes steps to improve segregated household plastic waste collection

Europe, UK, Australia see record high plastic waste exports to Asia

Sway Launches Seaweed Pellets to Replace Single-Use Plastics at Scale, Following $5M Funding Round

NSW Government seeks feedback for further action on plastic

AI anticipates impact of microplastics on soil properties: Study

American Waste Control’s Mr. Murph 2.0 facility takes on Tulsa’s holiday recyclables

Reusable and Recyclable, This New Hydrogel Slashes Its Environmental Impact

PLASTICS Report: Plastics Machinery Shipments Grew in Third Quarter

Transforming Plastic Waste into a Clean Hydrogen Goldmine!

Croatia’s New PET Recycling Facility: Sorting with Sesotec Technology

UKRI tackles plastic waste with six new household recycling projects

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