In an effort to change this, researchers at the Eindhoven University of Technology have been using "AI-enhanced" models to ...
The adoption of any new policies such as bottle bills, reuse systems, EPR or certain food packaging bans could reduce disposal by 10% to 20% by 2040. Such changes could influence new jobs and ...
The Alliance to End Plastic Waste's report on "The Challenges and Solutions for Flexible Plastic Packaging Waste" offers ...
Plastic is now becoming as much of a problem as it has been a solution. Some say the global plastic waste crisis has reached a critical tipping point, that the oceans are swimming with microplastics, ...
Besides climate change, which is mostly the result of our carbon dioxide (CO 2) emissions, plastic pollution stands as one of the most critical environmental concerns of this decade. The sheer ...
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In an era marked by an escalating global plastic pollution crisis, science may have found a potential solution in an unlikely candidate – bacteria. Recent research has brought to light certain strains ...
The U.S. generates more plastic waste than the rest of the globe. A startling 8 million metric tons of that waste ends up in the ocean, according to a new report commissioned by Congress. That’s the ...