NPR

Reduce, reuse, redirect outrage: How plastic-makers used recycling as a fig leaf

The plastics industry has worked for decades to convince people and policymakers that recycling would keep waste out of landfills and the environment. Consumers sort their trash so plastic packaging ...

Plastic bottles could power your devices one day

Researchers create supercapacitors from waste PET plastic bottles that could power electric vehicles and electronics within 5 ...
The New York Times

There’s an Explosion of Plastic Waste. Big Companies Say ‘We’ve Got This.’

Big brands like Procter & Gamble and Nestlé say a new generation of plants will help them meet environmental goals, but the technology is struggling to deliver. Big brands like Procter & Gamble and ...
Newsweek

Talks on a Plastics Treaty Have Begun. Here’s How to Stop Plastic Waste

People walking the streets of downtown Petaluma, California, started seeing something new on the sidewalks in summer. Alongside the usual trash cans and recycling containers were large purple bins ...