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From Methane to Materials: Engineering Biodegradable Polymers AIChE 16:31

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Mondelēz International, PepsiCo and pladis join digital watermarking trial to help improve flexible food packaging sorting Food & Drink International 14:13

This Hawaii company is making boats from volcanic rock and recycled plastic instead of traditional materials The Times of India 13:03

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Global companies partner to accelerate paper-based flexible packaging innovation Packaging Scotland 12:14

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Hidden microplastic pollution in Swiss waters uncovered EPFL 09:32

OPINION: ‘The political risks of record PRN prices’ letsrecycle.com 09:26

Earlier Today

Alliance to End Plastic Waste Releases 2025 Progress Report, Highlighting First-Year Progress Under Strategy 2030 PR Newswire (Press Release) 08:01

Yesterday

Plastic leaves its traces in unexpected places — like your dentist’s office Media News Group 18:27 Tue, 08 Sep

Stormwater Pollution Prevention Plans/NPDES Permits: Illinois House Bill 4418 Requires Application to Plastic Pellets or Other... JD Supra 17:23 Tue, 08 Sep

Activist finds all tested Delhi plastic bags violate 120-micron requirement The Times of India 16:32 Tue, 08 Sep

Plastic pollution has reached every part of the ocean – global leaders call meeting Energy Live News 16:07 Tue, 08 Sep

Pa. fines Shell $15 million for air pollution from its Beaver County plastics plant PublicSource 15:52 Tue, 08 Sep

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Surface forces : 35 Experiments at Sea StrategyPage.com 11:37 Tue, 08 Sep

Plastic Energy Founder Carlos Monreal returns as CEO Interplas Insights 11:29 Tue, 08 Sep

Plastic Overshoot Day | Push for waste strategy overhaul Packaging News 11:05 Tue, 08 Sep

In the 1980s, Rutgers researcher Thomas Nosker mixed milk jugs with discarded Big Mac containers to make structural plastic lumber; about 1.5 million US rail ties have kept an estimated 300 million pounds of plastic out of landfills The Times of India 08:53 Tue, 08 Sep

Coca-Cola says recycling initiatives support 13,000 Nigerians The Punch 03:53 Tue, 08 Sep

Monday

Labor's broken promise on plastic recycling ABC Online 20:04 Mon, 07 Sep

At 18, this Irish student invented plant-based plastic that doesn't just biodegrade; it is designed to break down microplastics too The Economic Times 18:34 Mon, 07 Sep

Scientists Discover Soil Bacteria Enzyme that Breaks Down Both Plastic and Antibiotics Sci.News 17:51 Mon, 07 Sep

Together let’s rejuvenate ‘untidy’ ocean tides The Hindu Business Line 15:29 Mon, 07 Sep

Plastic Overshoot Day: 72m tonnes of plastic waste set to leak letsrecycle.com 13:59 Mon, 07 Sep

USKOK findings reveal microplastic pollution concerns at waste sites in Croatia Croatia Week 13:34 Mon, 07 Sep

Plastic Overshoot Day: One-third of global plastic waste won’t be properly managed in 2026 edie.net 12:35 Mon, 07 Sep

72 million tonnes of plastic waste will be polluted this year, research finds Circular Online 11:28 Mon, 07 Sep

OPINION: ‘UK is at a critical turning point for plastic packaging recycling’ letsrecycle.com 11:10 Mon, 07 Sep

Crediting temporarily bound carbon reduces emissions and costs in integrated production of EU refineries Nature.com 10:53 Mon, 07 Sep

Climate crisis: Europe’s aid cuts threaten adaptation programmes and efforts to tackle plastic pollution The International Bar Association 10:13 Mon, 07 Sep

Plastics Companies Are Writing Lesson Plans. What Could Go Wrong? WIRED 10:11 Mon, 07 Sep

N.S. fishing gear washing ashore on remote North Atlantic islands CBC.ca 10:07 Mon, 07 Sep

Plastic waste: FG mandates manufacturers, importers to take responsibility Vanguard, Nigeria 09:28 Mon, 07 Sep

Wildfires, heatwaves endanger air quality, health: UN Gulf News 06:19 Mon, 07 Sep

Sunday

Japan research team develops AI system to detect plastic litter on seabed Qatar Tribune 23:12 Sun, 06 Sep

Lorenza Romanese: "The ambition should not be to make everything compostable" Waste Management World Magazine 23:01 Sun, 06 Sep

Teen Discovers Coconut Fungi Can Filter Plastic and Sunscreen From Sea—And Wins Science Fair Good News Network 22:44 Sun, 06 Sep

More Evidence Ties Microplastics to Lung Cancer Medpage Today 19:26 Sun, 06 Sep

21-year-old cleans up Indian river; gets intl job offer Gulf News 10:42 Sun, 06 Sep

Single-use plastic waste pollutes Ariyankuppam River and Thengaithittu backwaters The Hindu 10:06 Sun, 06 Sep

Plastic Overshoot Day 2026 arrives, with majority of countries exceeding capacity to manage plastic waste Sustainability Online 08:03 Sun, 06 Sep

Humans will dump 72,000,000 tonnes of plastic waste into nature in 2026 Metro.co.uk 06:59 Sun, 06 Sep

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