Malaysia emerged as a major destination for U.S. waste after China banned American waste imports in 2018. California shipped ...

Since the first synthetic plastic was invented in 1907, ... Japan Tel: +81 3 5829 5900 Fax: +81 3 5829 5919 Email: [email protected] ©2025 GPlusMedia Inc. Stacked plastic in a Japanese recycling ...

There is a glaring lack of tracking for global recycling. Poor waste management is deeply connected to climate change, ...

Enter Japan, pioneering an approach to plastic recycling that could revolutionize how we deal with this pervasive problem. The rising tide of plastic waste The scale of our plastic consumption is ...

Japan is one of the world's biggest plastic waste producers, thanks to its love of packaging - but a week of going plastic-free in Tokyo reveals surprising solutions.

No country receives more discarded plastic from wealthy countries, but shipments from the United States are no longer welcome.

Researchers reveal key factors behind Japan's plastic waste removal rates in rivers. ScienceDaily. Retrieved June 11, 2025 from www.sciencedaily.com / releases / 2024 / 12 / 241212120014.htm.

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 wildlife.

In 2023, Japan alone exported about 50 million kilogrammes (50,000 tonnes) of plastic waste to Thailand. These imports were often poorly handled, with many factories burning the waste instead of ...

Plastic litter recovery from rivers is a rather understudied topic in Japan. To tackle this knowledge gap, researchers conducted an in-depth analysis of plastic removal from over 100 important ...

Since the first synthetic plastic was invented in 1907, ... Japan Tel: +81 3 5829 5900 Fax: +81 3 5829 5919 Email: [email protected] ©2024 GPlusMedia Inc. Stacked plastic in a Japanese recycling ...