Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Yellow bags of plastic waste and packaging waste hang on a fence in front of an apartment building. German plastic waste exports ...

Since 2019, the 191 countries that are party to an international agreement called the Basel Convention have agreed to classify mixed plastic trash as “hazardous waste.” This designation essentially ...

BRUSSELS — The European Union made a major breakthrough Friday in efforts to stop sending its plastic trash to poor countries. Under a tentative agreement, the 27 EU countries will no longer be able ...

Burning plastic can contribute to air pollution and climate change, while waste incinerators often tend to be near more ...

The Big Plastic Count, conducted by environmental charity Everyday Plastic, saw more than 68,000 people across the country ...

UK plastic waste is being exported to Turkey and then illegally dumped and burned, according to a report. Greenpeace said about 40% - or 210,000 tonnes - of the UK's plastic waste exports were sent to ...

Biffa Waste, an integrated waste management company based in the U.K., has called for phasing out problem plastics and making packaging as recyclable as possible with a focus on closed loop recycling.

A Lancashire-based waste operator and its director have been fined more than £142k for exporting contaminated plastic waste to Malaysia.

Entrepreneur Charlie Rudkin-Wilson recycles household plastic into homewares that have featured in Vogue. Rudkin-Wilson wants to "change the perception of plastic waste and to make it seem like a ...