Governments at the 14th Conference of the Parties (COP14) of the Basel Convention have voted in support of restricting plastic scrap exports by requiring countries to obtain prior informed consent ...

Slightly more than $1 billion worth of plastic scrap, or “waste” as it’s categorized by the U.S. government, was exported in 2011—the equivalent of nearly 2.15 million metric tons. By 2014 exports ...

The Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development said Sept. 11 it's adopted plastic waste management rules that it called "partial progress" on dealing with exporting of scrap within its 37 ...

E's Versalis and Prysmian team up to chemically recycle plastic cable scrap, turning XLPE waste into new polymers via Hoop??

Old plastic from scrapped cars can be converted into graphene by grinding it to dust and zapping it with high-voltage electricity, a process that could save large amounts of plastic from landfill.