Changes to household collections are part of wider moves to increase the recycling rates, which have stalled in recent years.

Reducing plastic use this year should be on everyone’s radar, although it won’t be easy. According to the United Nations, “humanity produces over 430 million tonnes of plastic every year – two-thirds ...

Plastic is literally everywhere: It shows up in the ocean, in our communities, even in the human body. And because plastics can break down into microplastics — and even nanoplastics — it easily ...

In what could be a fix to the world’s plastic problem, researchers have developed a simple new method of harnessing moisture ...