Silicone food storage bags keep food fresher for longer while reducing the risk of plastic contamination in the kitchen.

A billion kilograms of waste from plastic food containers — equivalent in weight to half a million cars — is generated every year in China, according to Yufei Qin, head of the plastic recycling ...

While you might be tempted to discard plastic berry containers, you can hang on to them and transform them into planters for ...

Malaysian authorities are taking a strong stance against attempts to import plastic waste to the country illegally by sending 150 containers of it back to 13 countries. The country recently returned ...

PARIS (Reuters) - Malaysia has shipped 43 illegal plastic waste containers back to France as part of a crackdown on illegal trafficking of waste, the two governments said in a joint statement on ...

Plastic takeout food containers are no longer being accepted for recycling and must be thrown out, Whatcom County’s waste hauler said in a social media post last week. Such containers include the ...

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Vietnam produces nearly two million tonnes of plastic waste each year, most of it unrecycled. Interviews with young consumers ...

Cambodia has become the latest Asian country to reject shipments of waste sent to its shores by Western companies for processing. Cambodian officials announced Wednesday that they were sending 1,600 ...

PORT KLANG, Malaysia — Malaysia will send back some 3,300 tons of non-recyclable plastic waste to countries such as the U.S., U.K., Canada and Australia in a move to avoid becoming a dumping ground ...

A new government roadmap raises levies and curbs single-use plastics, but critics say it ignores production cuts.