Proposed initiative would evaluate the potential generation of Verra-aligned Plastic Waste Reduction Credits for approximately 200,000 railroad ties made from recycled plastic currently installed ...

Yong Sik Ok highlights cross-industry collaboration to transform waste into sustainable value within a circular economy framework. SEOUL, South Korea, May 22, 2026 /PRNewswire/ -- Prof. Yong Sik Ok of ...

The global plastic crisis has long been a ticking time bomb, but now, it seems, a revolution is underway. One company, Corsair Group International, is rewriting the narrative of waste management with ...

Since 1950, humanity has produced more than 8.3 billion metric tons of plastic. Most has ended up in landfills or the environment. Now, scientists are working on biological solutions to address the ...

Researchers in South Korea have introduced a new biotechnology platform that may help the ...

Community-led research from UCSB’s Benioff Ocean Science Laboratory spans three years, four continents and eight countries to reveal the scale of river plastic waste and offer solutions to stop it at ...

The “Hue – Plastic Smart City in Central Vietnam” project, after five years, has helped prevent 933.6 tons of plastic waste ...

Waste pickers salvage reusable and recyclable materials that have been discarded in streets, landfills and informal dumpsites. They account for 15-20 percent of total recyclables collected annually; ...

A used car battery and a handful of plastic bottles don’t look like the ingredients for clean fuel. But researchers at the ...

A plastic credit is a transferable certificate representing the collection of a specified weight (e.g. one kilogram, one metric ton) of plastic waste recovered or recycled that would otherwise have ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I write about businesses creating a more sustainable economic system. The pervasiveness of plastic has become a global concern. An ...