WASHINGTON — It is in society’s economic and environmental interests to expand and standardize plastics waste collection, increase recycling, and explore new applications for plastics waste in ...

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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, ...

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If all goes according to plan, by the end of the year, some 170 countries will finalize the world’s first legally binding treaty to curtail plastic pollution. Its success will depend in no small part ...

In the global fight against climate change, plastics have emerged as both a symbol of modern convenience and an environmental challenge.

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