China's government work report this year called for boosting the green and low-carbon economy and stepping up the recycling ...

ZHANGJIAGANG, China (AP) — In an industrial park in Zhangjiagang, a small city on China’s east coast, a large humming and hissing machine feeds on piles of used clothes and sorts them. The novelty? It ...

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Defaulting to “no cutlery” options on food-delivery app orders and rewarding customers who chose to forgo plastic utensils significantly reduced single-use cutlery waste, according to a new study ...

The world is producing more waste than ever – and struggling to deal with it. Globally, around 2.01 billion tonnes of municipal solid waste (rubbish collected by local governments) are generated each ...

Carbios, a France-based company that uses biological technologies to recycle plastic and textiles, has signed a joint letter of intent with China-based polyethylene terephthalate (PET) producer Zhink ...