The world has a single-use plastic problem. And it’s more of a mountain than a molehill. Single-use plastics or disposables are used only once before they are thrown away or recycled.

Many plastic packaging materials are currently difficult to recycle. In an effort to change this, TNO is researching new circular packaging solutions. If we ultimately want to make packaging 100% ...

“Increasing attention on recycling has amplified the need for converting plastic into oil for the purposes of obtaining raw materials for new plastic,” says Asami, and HiCOP’s oil also ...

Most people are trying their best to recycle plastic - but the many different ways in which recycling is collected by councils across the UK has left them confused over what can be recycled and ...

But sometimes, the difference between what you should and shouldn't recycle isn't obvious. When it comes to plastic, the rules can be extra confusing -- there's a lot more to it than tossing a ...

There is a strong recycling culture particularly when it comes to paper, glass and metal. Yet the majority of plastic waste still goes straight into incinerators or landfill. At TNO, we develop ...

Soft plastics deposited at supermarket recycling points ... into items such as bollards or park benches. Alison Colclough, ...

The world produces around 400 million tonnes of plastic each year of which only 9% is recycled. Plastic which does not decompose is a significant driver of climate change and has been found in the ...

Just 13.6% of waste plastic containers and packaging—what goes in blue bins as well as the trash—were sent to a recycling ...

Consumers want something to be done about plastic pollution. Recycling is something. Therefore oil companies, manufacturers and retailers are doing it. The trouble is, many of these initiatives ...

Thank you for carefully rinsing, sorting, and recycling your plastic containers — but plastic is trash and trying to recycle it is futile, Greenpeace said in a bombshell October 2022 report.