In March 2022, at the resumed fifth session of the UN Environment Assembly (UNEA-5.2), a historic resolution was adopted to develop an international legally binding instrument on plastic pollution, ...

It’s one of the biggest cooking weeks of the year for many families. Chances are there’s a well-used black plastic spatula, spoon or ladle near the stove. Scientists say it belongs in the trash.

That economic shift is the key, he said, to boosting recycling and cutting plastic waste. "We've got to get the price of recycled content in plastics to be as close to the cost of virgin in order ...

including recycled plastic. Laura Stewart, the group’s executive director, said in statement that PET plastic played “a critical role in our lives — from supporting healthy hydration to ...

Many nations and US states require companies that produce plastic packaging to pay for it to be recycled, which can boost recycling rates. In Spain,for example, the government introduced an ...

Electronics, which often include flame-retardant chemicals, are recycled through a different process than those used in regular recycling facilities. As part of that process, the plastic is ...

Humboldt Sawmill Company is pleased to announce the winner of the company’s first ever “First Truck on Us” redwood timber program: Brad Gabriel from OrePac Building Products. The winner was announced ...

even though less than 10 percent of the 400 million tonnes of plastic produced every year is currently recycled, according to the United Nations Environment Programme. That leaves hundreds of ...

Now a global leader in mass-timber development, Nordic Structures pivoted its business from softwood lumber. “We moved into mass timber and engineered wood products as a means of survival ...

We also offer work in open spaces (clearance, fly-tipping removal, installations) and are licensed waste carriers. Only 10% of the estimated 9 million tonnes of waste wood is recycled (WRAP) A vast ...

(AP Photo/Sanjog Manandhar, File) Environment activists stage a rally calling for a strong global plastics treaty ahead of the fifth session of the Intergovernmental Negotiating Committee on Plastic ...

Copyright 2024 The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved. Negotiators gather in Busan, South Korea on Monday in what’s billed as a final push to address the global ...