Two industry groups release reports on flexible plastic waste solutions targeting North America and European markets ...

OLYMPIA, Wash. -- The Washington Department of Ecology is implementing new regulations to increase the amount of plastic that gets recycled and reused in product packaging. Companies that sell drinks, ...

When we buy nearly anything from a store—be it food, a household cleaning product, an electronic device, a medication or a cosmetic—it comes wrapped in plastic packaging. Whether we’re buying a single ...

California aims to reduce single-use plastic in packaging and foodware. (photo: USDA) The California Environmental Protection Agency is advancing regulations to expand the state’s circular economy by ...

As plastic continues to fill landfills and oceans, city and state leaders are backing state legislation to curb it. By Hilary Howard In 2020, the plastic supermarket bag was banned in New York. It is ...

ShopRite is teaming up with Trenton-based recycling leader TerraCycle on a grocery store program for all brands of flexible plastic packaging. Under the recently launched partnership, dedicated kiosks ...

MadeRight is using fungi as cell factories to produce high-value materials. The start-up’s first product turns industrial organic waste into a recyclable plastic alternative. Conventional plastic ...

Unilever has revised its approach to the plastics used in its packaging to focus on better allocating its resources to drive its actions and be more systemic in its advocacy to address “the enablers ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. In “The Graduate,” Benjamin Braddock, back from school, is told the secret of the future in one word. “Plastics.” At the time the ...

In response to growing pressure to address the plastic pollution crisis, Amazon has been cutting down on plastic packaging. Last July, the company said it used 11.6 percent less plastic for all of its ...

With its pulptray produced from 100% renewable resources, FiberWise lowers plastic use by more than 70% compared with rigid ...