From eliminating single-use plastic to ramping up refill models and engineering sustainable alternatives, here are six system-changing solutions to our plastic woes
Fast-food lobbyists are pushing back on rules designed to cut the rising tide of waste
Canadian non-profit gets major boost to save forests by turning discarded fashion into new clothes
Environmentalists are hopeful that upcoming negotiations in Paris will break free from the sway of lobbyists
Making an effort to buy less during the holidays could have a meaningful impact, as recent research shows that across a product’s life cycle its total embedded carbon emissions are 6.3 times its weight
Big brands recently committed to improving the rights of informal plastic recyclers. Now waste pickers are hoping global treaty does the same.
Some corporations pilot refillable packaging as the world struggles with a plastic hangover from the COVID-19 pandemic
University of Exeter’s circular economy hub tackles mounting COVID plastic in the ocean
It’s difficult to say whether the treaty will lead to a substantial reduction in plastic pollution, but the resolution’s deference to national leadership need not undermine its success