Scientists discover incredible way to make plastic materials nearly indestructible — and then completely disappear

So far, recycling efforts haven't lived up to the hype, with only about 9% of plastic items getting recycled. An estimated 12 ...
ChronogramOpinion

Judith Enck on the Plastic Crisis—and How to Reduce It at the Source

Former EPA official Judith Enck explains why plastic pollution is a production problem—and how policy, not recycling, can ...
Forbes

Reducing Plastic Waste, One Diaper At A Time

With 430 million tons of plastic waste generated annually and less than 10% of it recycled, the plastic crisis is out of control. Thankfully, HIRO Technologies is creating a new path forward, powered ...
Fast Company

What to know about America’s first national strategy to reduce plastic pollution

Plastic waste is piling up at a daunting pace around the world. The World Bank estimates that every person on the planet generates an average of 1.6 pounds (0.74 kilograms) of plastic waste daily. To ...
The Cornell Daily Sun

Cornell Student Organization Campaigns to Reduce Plastic Waste on Campus

Just inside the entrance to the CALS Zone in Mann Library, between the gray trash can and blue recycling bin, sits an unassuming white bin — one of many that can be found across campus. These bins are ...
USA Today

Policies to reduce plastic waste must be done collaboratively

As the world looks to improve on all three pillars of sustainable development — economic, social and environmental — as the global population increases, countries work together to forge agreements ...
Golf Digest

The case for beer kegs in golf and how they can help reduce waste

The Beer Snake—that magnificent slinky plastic stretch of hundreds of emptied beer cups stacked up by golf fans at the 16th party hole at the WM Phoenix Open—might be viewed as the poster child for ...