Since 2019, the 191 countries that are party to an international agreement called the Basel Convention have agreed to classify mixed plastic trash as “hazardous waste.” This designation essentially ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A worker transports plastic waste slated for a compressor in Bentong, Malaysia, in June 2024 before the waste is recycled and sold ...

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BRUSSELS — The European Union made a major breakthrough Friday in efforts to stop sending its plastic trash to poor countries. Under a tentative agreement, the 27 EU countries will no longer be able ...

Malaysia plans to send non-recyclable plastic back to the countries that sent it to there, said its environment minister on ...

Biffa Waste, an integrated waste management company based in the U.K., has called for phasing out problem plastics and making packaging as recyclable as possible with a focus on closed loop recycling.

Kenya’s updated plastic packaging regulations set out tighter controls on how plastic materials are produced, imported and ...