Plastic pollution is a growing problem in Japan, prompting cleanup efforts to recover plastic litter from water bodies. However, research on recovery rates from different river basins remains limited.

War in Iran drove up costs, making it less feasible to individually wrap every product.

Ever wondered where your plastics end up? A PET bottle can be washed, shredded, melted and given a second life. But most ...

Between 2018 and 2021, when China pivoted from being a major waste importer to banning the trade altogether (and stopped reporting import numbers). In 2025, plastic waste trade da ...

TOKYO >> Marine waste that has drifted from other Asian countries is causing problems in prefectures along the Sea of Japan. Intergovernmental negotiations held in Switzerland in August sought to ...

WAKO, Japan (Reuters) -Researchers in Japan have developed a plastic that dissolves in seawater within hours, offering up a potential solution for a modern-day scourge polluting oceans and harming ...

Plastic pollution, especially at sea, has reached a critical point. And the issue becomes even more tangible – and alarming – when you look at the actual numbers. Today, roughly 150 million tons of ...

PureCycle Technologies Inc., Orlando, Florida, and Mitsui & Co. Ltd., a Tokyo-based global trading and investment company, have announced plans to develop and operate a polypropylene (PP) recycling ...

Picture a pile of trash the size of Manhattan and taller than one and a half Empire State Buildings. That’s how much plastic waste the world is predicted to be generating every year by 2050 if nothing ...

Plastic pollution is an ever-growing problem in today's world, as most societies have become overly dependent on plastics for packaging, medical supplies, and general goods. Plastic litter ...