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High-profile legislation to reduce the amount of plastic waste in the state is making its way through the Assembly once again. And with growing support from groups like the NAACP and the Hispanic ...

Berkeley, California-based nonprofit organization As You Sow recently partnered with environmental solutions platform Ubuntoo to produce their “2024 Plastic Promises Scorecard," which ranks 225 global ...

California aims to reduce single-use plastic in packaging and foodware. (photo: USDA) The California Environmental Protection Agency is advancing regulations to expand the state’s circular economy by ...

The plastics industry is evaluating new circularity solutions for materials needed for packaging that may not have a viable alternative compared with other materials targeted for elimination or ...

Researchers have transformed food waste sugars into natural plastic films that could one day replace petroleum-based packaging, offering compostable alternatives to commonly used plastics for food and ...

Dow reported an 11% year-on-year decline in packaging and specialty plastics revenue in the third quarter, citing lower prices for finished plastic products. The segment underperformed expectations ...

The company has a target of making all of its hardware packaging without plastic by 2025. Packaging for new products it made and launched in 2023 was at least 99 percent plastic-free, according to the ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. In “The Graduate,” Benjamin Braddock, back from school, is told the secret of the future in one word. “Plastics.” At the time the ...

The food and beverage industry is inherently tied to plastic. As much as 40% of global plastic packaging is dedicated to the sector, with the vast majority of ready meals, bread, rice, cereals, meat, ...