Governments at the 14th Conference of the Parties (COP14) of the Basel Convention have voted in support of restricting plastic scrap exports by requiring countries to obtain prior informed consent ...

Plastic recycling process. One stumbling block to broader adoption of a circular economy is the low value of plastics recycled from mixed plastic scrap. The highest value is assigned to plastics that ...

The Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development said Sept. 11 it's adopted plastic waste management rules that it called "partial progress" on dealing with exporting of scrap within its 37 ...

RICHMOND, Ind. — A major industrial fire fueled by tons of scrap plastics in an Indiana city was close to being extinguished Thursday after burning for more than 48 hours, though an evacuation order ...

KUALA LUMPUR (Reuters) - Malaysia, which has become the dumping ground for the world's plastic waste, will send back non-recyclable plastic scrap to the developed countries that sent it there, its ...

Old plastic from scrapped cars can be converted into graphene by grinding it to dust and zapping it with high-voltage electricity, a process that could save large amounts of plastic from landfill.

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Orlando, Fla. — Scrap plastic imported into China this year will likely plummet from 2017 levels, possibly to less than 5 percent of what it was last year, according to an estimate from a Chinese ...

A worker transports plastic waste slated for a compressor in Bentong, Malaysia, in June 2024 before the waste is recycled and sold. (Mohd Rasfan / AFP/Getty Images) Malaysia has banned plastic waste ...