A new study explores waste management systems and reveals that achieving zero waste leakage by 2030 is unlikely, potentially jeopardizing related Sustainable Development Goals. The authors emphasize ...
Several locations around the world are inundated with polluted water and the situation in these hot spots may only get worse in the coming years. This water pollution mainly comes from the leakage of ...
A new study shines a light on the enormous scale of uncollected rubbish and open burning of plastic waste in the first ever global plastics pollution inventory. Researchers used A.I. to model waste ...
>> THIS WEEK, WASHINGTON-BASED NON-PROFIT RESEARCH GROUP, THE MINDEROO FOUNDATION, RELEASED AN UPDATE TO ITS PLASTIC WASTE MAKERS INDEX REPORT. THAT REPORT SHOWS THAT GLOBALLY, SINGLE-USE PLASTIC ...
The world creates 57 million tons of plastic pollution every year and spreads it from the deepest oceans to the highest mountaintop to the inside of people's bodies, according to a new study that also ...
A study published today in the weekly journal Science projects that at present rates the world's plastic waste will nearly double by 2050, imperiling waterways and seas already under threat. But ...
Patrick O'Hare receives funding from the UKRI. Lucia Fernandez is affiliated with FADU/UdelaR and WIEGO. Globally, waste pickers are responsible for collecting and recovering – from homes, businesses ...
Nearly a quarter of Americans surveyed in a new opinion poll identified plastic waste pollution as an issue that Congress must address in the next two years, according to the World Wildlife Foundation ...
The World Bank on June 13 approved a project to strengthen management of waste, plastics, and pollution in Laos, with a focus on improving municipal solid waste services in Vientiane Capital. The Lao ...