Imports of 16 types of solid waste, including compressed car scraps and scrapped ships, will be banned from Dec 31, and another 16 types will be banned from the end of next year. China will completely stop importing solid waste by the end of 2020.

Sulfur is a waste product from many industrial processes and could be an alternative to oil from which to manufacture plastics.

Glues have been the cornerstone of linear mass production. But the same glues are a circular economy nightmare. So what about a glue that works like a screw? That’s the idea behind the DSM-Niaga joint-venture.

New labeling will assist shoppers in buying food and drinks that aren’t packaged in plastic. Campaign group A Plastic Planet is behind what’s called the Plastic Free Trust Mark.

Domestic and industrial wastewater contains substrates and nutrients that could be used to produce biofuels and bioplastics.

One of the biggest concerns surrounding the proliferation of microplastics in the world's oceans is how they might move up the food web from smaller to larger marine life, eventually ending up in our stomachs.

Microplastic from tyres and roads which end up in the ocean make up 89% of ultra fine particles found in the air around busy motorways.

The move could be introduced by Environment Secretary Michael Gove as early as this week.

Collins Dictionary has announced its choice for 2018 Word of the Year — single-use.

Environmental activists are returning their Walkers potato chip bags through the mail as part of a campaign to push the snack giant to make its packaging plastic-free.