Hays has one of the highest participation rates among Kansas's 40 or so municipal recycling programs. About 80% of Hays ...

Countries are meeting in South Korea this week to hash out the final details of a global treaty aimed at eliminating plastic ...

Each year the world produces around 400 million tonnes of plastic waste, much of it discarded after just a few minutes of use ...

Countless discarded bags float on the ... clogged with tall heaps of plastic waste spilling out from villagers' front yards and stacked near furnaces where non-recyclable scrap is burned.

Vietnam is major importer in global plastic ... can recycle Excess plastic is dumped in landfills or released into environment MINH KHAI, Vietnam, Nov 26 (Reuters) - Countless discarded bags ...

Along with orange peels and eggshells, people are tossing cling wrap, foam trays and other plastic food packaging into their ...

Another consumer Lisha L P says her household has 1-2 sacks of plastic and paper packaging waste every month from online ...

With tons of plastic leaking into our seas annually, these hard-hitting images show the devastating consequences plastics are having on marine ecosystems around the world.

As a long-tail boat arrives at a fishing village on the southern Thai island of Koh Chang, residents gather to sell their ...

The government is working on plans to spur companies to recycle their plastic waste ... and other businesses to charge consumers for plastic bags as a measure to cut back on plastic garbage.

Paris - Before it threatened biodiversity, the oceans, and the global food chain, plastics saved lives and transformed ...