PROGRESS IS OBSERVED IN THE REDUCTION OF PLASTIC POLLUTION
The Ellen MacArthur Foundation and the United Nations Environment Program publish the first annual progress report of the New Plastics Economy Global Commitment (in English, New Plastics Economy Global Commitment). According to the report, companies establish actions to reduce problematic plastic packaging and increase the use of plastic [...]
NEW TECHNOLOGIES COULD ALLOW THE RECYCLING OF ALL PLASTIC WASTE
Researchers in Sweden claim to have developed technology that will allow all plastic waste to be recycled, and transformed into new products from this material. According to the Chalmers University of Technology group, the process can break down any plastic waste at a molecular level and the resulting gases can be transformed into new plastics, of the same quality [...]