Plastic bottles remain the most-recovered items from the world’s waterways, according to Ocean Conservancy, which released its 2025 International Coastal Cleanup report on Wednesday. The agency’s 40th ...

Scientists are using sunlight to turn plastic waste into clean fuels like hydrogen, offering a breakthrough solution to both pollution and energy challenges. While still in development, the approach ...

We live in a world where everything, from the blood running in our veins to the oceans spanning our planet, is polluted by plastic in one way or the other. We see mountains of plastic rubbish growing ...

Organization reduced 138,162 tonnes of unmanaged plastic waste in 2025 while catalyzing $641 million in third-party funding ...

May 21 (Asia Today) --Hyundai Glovis said Wednesday it has extended its partnership with Dutch nonprofit The Ocean Cleanup through 2030 to support efforts to remove plastic waste from oceans and ...

A plastic drinks bottle is one of the most “recyclable” objects in the modern waste stream. It is lightweight and collected in huge volumes. Yet even for this item, the reality of recycling is messy: ...

Plastics tend to break down into microplastics rather than biodegrade (though there are biodegradable plastics as well). Another issue is the amount of plastic entering the oceans: approximately 11 ...

Deputy secretary-general (Environmental Sustainability) Datuk Nor Yahati Awang pointed out that approximately 23 million tonnes of this plastic waste are discharged into waterways annually, ...

Kerala turns plastic waste into roads: Kerala has converted 4,447.93 metric tonnes of discarded plastic into shredded material used for road construction across nearly 7,249 km. Since the programme ...

A massive cleanup effort has been launched in Phu Quoc, Kien Giang province in southern Vietnam, demonstrating the island’s commitment to tackle the mounting plastic waste issue. Phu Quoc – 8th June, ...

Volunteers sort bottle tops during a recent Rotary Club sorting session at PEEC. Courtesy photo BY JAMES ...