Plastic is now becoming as much of a problem as it has been a solution. Some say the global plastic waste crisis has reached a critical tipping point, that the oceans are swimming with microplastics, ...

This study developed and validated an AI-driven, transferable city-scale assessment framework for municipal living plastic waste. By aligning life-cycle environmental accounting with process-based ...

A new AI-enhanced framework combines machine learning validation with life-cycle assessment to cut plastic waste emissions by ...

Only about 5% of plastic is recycled, and much of the plastic waste we generate ends up in our waterways and oceans Since moving to England a few months ago, I’ve noticed the use of more stringent ...

Without intervention, global plastic waste could double by 2050, a new machine learning study predicts. However, according to simulations by the study’s authors, a mix of policy interventions could ...

Prefer Newsweek on Google to see more of our trusted coverage when you search. A study published today in the weekly journal Science projects that at present rates the world's plastic waste will ...

Discover the challenges of global waste management as this video explores the dramatic increase in population and its impact on garbage production and sustainability. Delving into recycling statistics ...

TOPSHOT - A worker walks in front of packed recyclable plastic bottles at La Sylvia recycling center in Barva, province of Heredia, Costa Rica on June 20, 2018. Costa Rica discards 564 tons of plastic ...

A not-for-profit executive says Rwanda has been been setting up plastic recycling systems that yield results. Radhia Mtonga says the government of Rwanda has adopted specific laws and policies that ...

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 ...