The majority of the 300 million tons of plastic produced every year isn’t recycled, and recycling that does happen typically happens at an industrial scale in factories using equipment that can cost ...

Labelling of plastic products needs a drastic overhaul including a new "sustainability scale" to help consumers, researchers say. Plastic pollution is a growing global problem, with an increasingly ...

Much of plastic recycling labelling is ‘confusing and inconsistent’, according to a global assessment of recycling and sustainability labelling. The UN Environment Programme and Consumers ...