Grist is a nonprofit, independent media organization dedicated to telling stories of climate solutions and a just future. High-income countries have long sent their waste abroad to be thrown away or ...

The ubiquitous plastic beverage bottle makes up about half of plastic waste collected for recycling in the U.S. Most recycled plastic is processed domestically, but a portion is traded overseas. A new ...

Get your news from a source that’s not owned and controlled by oligarchs. Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily. In 2019, at a meeting in Geneva, Switzerland, delegates from 187 countries approved ...

Mark Garrett, Managing Director at Clearpoint Recycling, on the opportunities and challenges of plastic waste exports.

The Recycling Association, Northampton, England, expresses concern over a call for a ban on the exports of plastic packaging for recycling. A report from Policy Connect, titled Plastics Packaging Plan ...

Turkey has been the largest recipient of plastic waste from European countries for five years in a row, according to a new report from Greenpeace Turkey. As the upcoming Global Plastics Treaty (GPT) ...

The federal government has taken the next steps to scrap its looming ban on single-use plastic exports, though the Alberta ...

As the world desperately searches for a way out of its global climate change and plastic pollution crises, nations are increasingly turning to burning municipal waste to make fuel as a solution to ...

Milk cartons may lose the recycling symbol in California, potentially making the material unusable in the state.

Editorial: Weak regulation is to blame for disastrous failures in relation to pollution. But there are solutions if people get behind them ...