How to solve the plastic problem Plastic is one of the most incredible materials in the modern world - but the way we use it damages the environment. What’s the solution? Made by BBC Ideas in ...

Plastic is a product that is ubiquitous in today's society, says Sarah Morath, Wake Forest professor of law and author of the book "Our Plastic Problem and How to Solve It." The World Bank estimates ...

Today, plastic packaging has a bad (w)rap. But the first commercially viable version of the now ubiquitous material - cellophane - was conceived in a more innocent age, before anyone worried about ...

How to deal with the waste generated by the half-billion metric tons of plastic manufactured each year? One approach is to consume fewer polymers, recycle them more, and stop the rest from getting ...

Plastic is the much-maligned detritus of modern living. It is the broken toy, the used carrier bag and the surgical face mask polluting our streets, streams and oceans, which countless recycling ...

The world has a plastic waste problem. Most single-use plastics, which represent about 50 percent of all plastic production and include everyday items like straws and shampoo bottles, wind up in ...

The number of plastic bags found on Britain's beaches has fallen by 80% since the introduction of a levy around a decade ago, new figures show. The Marine Conservation Society (MCS), which monitors ...

SAP is partnering with eXXpedition and the initiative co-founder, ocean advocate Emily Penn, to support its commitment to a cleaner ocean by 2030. Emily and her team have invited 300 women from all ...

With the growing urgency in our quest for new, scalable solutions to the world’s ocean plastic crisis, e-commerce and retail companies present an unexpected frontier of opportunity and critical role ...

Why international cooperation makes a difference when it comes to plastics ...

Scientists have supercharged how a plastic-eating bacteria gobbles up plastic - and it could help solve the pollution problem. The bacteria was found in 2016 but now scientists have taken what it does ...