Plastic pollution in the ocean is on track to get a lot worse: In two decades, if business continues as usual, there will be nearly three times as much plastic waste leaking into the ocean every year, ...

Global consumer product companies are setting ambitious goals to fight the plastic crisis, but are they acting on these promises? “It’s one thing to have a plan to be plastic neutral — it’s an ...

IBM, headquartered in Armonk, New York, has joined The Alliance to End Plastic Waste as a supporting member. As part of its work with the organization, IBM will collaborate with the alliance to design ...

You might say IBM has joined the Plastic Avengers. The technology giant’s superpower: Designing a new data platform to help track plastic waste and recovery on a global scale. The Avengers group in ...

People can help reduce plastic pollution by changing their habits, however governments have to step up and share the burden of tackling the problem. AFP via Getty Images BERLIN — Plastic pollution at ...

BERLIN (AP) — Plastic pollution at sea is reaching worrying levels and will continue to grow even if significant action is taken now to stop such waste from reaching the world’s oceans, according to a ...

As the effects of COVID-19 continue to reverberate across the globe, it’s becoming clearer how the pandemic is threatening progress that investors, advocates, and entrepreneurs hope to see in the ...

The May 2020 issue of Physics World is a special edition devoted to the challenges of plastic waste Avoid, track, recycle: Dealing with plastic waste is the theme of the May 2020 issue of Physics ...