As the size of urban land is diminishing and people's concern for the environment is growing, the use of waste plastic ...

Plastic pollution is the most visible example of the havoc we’re causing to our planet. From our local beaches to the remote Arctic, it is choking our oceans and killing wildlife. One in two marine ...

Simply sign up to the House & Home myFT Digest -- delivered directly to your inbox. Marine plastic: there are hundreds of thousands of tonnes of it, swirling in gyres in the great oceans, washing up ...

Changes to household collections are part of wider moves to increase the recycling rates, which have stalled in recent years.

Thousands of people will count their plastic waste for a week in a national survey of how much we consume. The count, put together by the organisation Everyday Plastic and Greenpeace, starts on Monday ...

A future entirely without plastic is neither realistic nor desirable. But the world should aim for a future of drastically reduced plastic consumption and eliminated plastic pollution. This article ...

Researchers create supercapacitors from waste PET plastic bottles that could power electric vehicles and electronics within 5 ...

The problems caused by plastic waste are rapidly increasing around the globe, but it still serves a useful purpose in food packaging. Can plastic still be a green option? In many countries, plastic ...

BRUSSELS — Soda bottles labeled as “made with recycled plastic” could soon have more virgin plastic than you might think, ...

On Tuesday, Australia takes another step towards reshaping its throw-away society. A range of single-use plastic, including straws, cutlery and micro beads in shampoo, will be banned in its most ...