Asia

Indonesia considers following its fee on plastic bags with one on plastic beverage containers, and South African pickers could be...

A county in West Virginia could legally allow the landfilling of electronics but is choosing not to, and an investment...

China's appetite for rPET fuels infrastructure in Pakistan, and Taiwan continues to propel recovery of a wide range of material....

The UN's top environmental scientist tells a group assembled in Kenya that biodegradable plastics are a false solution to the...

A country in Southeast Asia investigates pollution from an e-scrap recycling plant, and LG Electronics unveils a repair-friendly smartphone in...

A U.K. grocery chain will accept plastic Easter eggs for recycling, and some Iraqi children who fled violence now survive...

The Indian government has unveiled tough regulations aimed at reducing plastic waste. India's Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change...

A company gets the backing of HP to begin collecting outdated computers in Malaysia, and a South African startup gets...

India launches a project to train hundreds of thousands of people working in the unorganized e-scrap sector, and the king...

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