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A study published today in the weekly journal Science projects that at present rates the world's plastic waste will nearly double by 2050, imperiling waterways and seas already under threat. But ...

PHILADELPHIA (WPVI) -- More and more cities, including Philadelphia, are banning plastic bags because of environmental dangers. Some big box retailers offer drop-off bins for recycling, including ...

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The uniform adoption of just four waste management policies around the world could eliminate more than 90 percent of the planet’s plastic waste and nearly a third of associated carbon emissions by ...

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 ...

A pilot program that turns unrecyclable plastic waste into multicolored building blocks is growing citywide in Tucson. Mayor Regina Romero and the City Council approved a four-year service agreement ...

The global plastic crisis has long been a ticking time bomb, but now, it seems, a revolution is underway. One company, Corsair Group International, is rewriting the narrative of waste management with ...

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