EU approves sending mountains of trash to Turkey despite environmental fears – POLITICO
Its concerns included “limited” information on how plastic waste is managed, uncertainty over how the EU regulation is…
Is It Safe to Leave Bottled Water in the Sun?
As the days heat up, the bottled water comes out. It’s in cars, trunks, sheds, at soccer practice…
88% ‘hard-to-recycle’ plastic: PolyCycl’s bet on turning waste into value
As India tightens enforcement of Extended Producer Responsibility (EPR) norms and grapples with mounting plastic waste, technologies capable…
Europe doesn’t know how much fuel it has – POLITICO
Europe’s gas stocks, for a start, were already low before the attack on Iran, averaging under 30 percent…
Thai plastics crisis puts SME factories at risk as costs surge
Saran Srimanoch, managing director of Grand Polymers Inter Co., Ltd., said Thailand’s plastics industry was worth more than…
European chemical giants plot to weaken EU’s flagship climate policy – POLITICO
Chemical investments in Europe collapsed by more than 80 percent in 2025 from the year before, according to…
Ultra-processed foods damage health in ways that calories don’t explain
Researchers are getting closer to solving the riddle of how ultra-processed foods (UPFs) harm metabolic, reproductive, and immune…
New transparent window material could cut building energy loss by 50%
In most buildings, windows remain the most vulnerable part of the structure when it comes to energy loss.…
French scientists discover law that predicts how most objects shatter
Fragmentation, the way objects break into pieces, has long intrigued scientists. Researchers have observed that broken objects tend…
The EU’s grand new plan to replace fossil fuels with trees – POLITICO
At the center of the strategy is carbon, the fundamental building block of a wide range of manufactured…
China offers unlikely glimmer of hope in fight against plastic pollution – POLITICO
The Chinese wild card Countries in the self-named High Ambition Coalition to End Plastic Pollution — which backs…
Odd Neptune balls are popping up on beaches. What are they?
How much plastic gets trapped and filtered? Plastics have shown up everywhere on the planet, even showing up…