Mountains of waste mean pressure from both the public and regulators to improve recycling. There is a problem, though. Much plastic waste is soiled and composed of several different layers ...

Oceanographers and computer scientists in Japan are spearheading an initiative to use artificial intelligence (AI) and drone images to measure the problem of plastic waste on beaches and in the ...

Some 460 million metric tons of plastic are produced globally each year, out of which a staggering 91% of plastic waste is ...

Leonardo DiCaprio, a self-proclaimed 'Climate Warrior,' faced criticism after being spotted collecting plastic waste in Formentera, Spain. Netizens questioned whether he was cleaning up pollution ...

My University of Georgia colleague Jenna Jambeck is a global scholar tackling the plastic waste crisis. In a landmark 2018 finding, she and colleagues revealed 90% of plastic had never been recycled.