"I wanted to provide households with a quick, safe, and simple means of compacting plastic containers of varying sizes," said ...

According to projections from Towards Packaging, the global recyclable plastic market is set to increase from USD 99.12 billion in 2026 to nearly USD 195.92 billion by 2034, reflecting a CAGR of 8.89% ...

A billion kilograms of waste from plastic food containers — equivalent in weight to half a million cars — is generated every year in China, according to Yufei Qin, head of the plastic recycling ...

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So much of Coloradans’ discarded waste — averaging out to 5.6 pounds per person each day — winds up sitting in landfills thanks to a low recycling rate, but coming changes will outlaw most plastic ...