Private equity falling out of love with plastic packaging
Many buyout firms are steering clear while some holding assets are struggling to offload them at palatable prices, as environmental factors become dealmakers and breakers.
Bandai Namco launches project to recycle plastic waste from Gundam models
The company plans to reuse the plastic waste for making plastic products, including Gundam models, as well as for thermal power generation.
In COVID-19's wake, Japan faces a bleaker future
A "baby shock" now threatens Japan, according to one journalist. Meanwhile, older residents could be shipped off to China?
Japan's push for less plastic use has some businesses concerned
An official of a major restaurant operator expressed concerns that charges on plastic spoons and other items may lead to restaurants losing delivery service customers.
Exports of U.S. plastic garbage rise, despite ban
Environmental watchdog groups say exporters are ignoring the new rules that went into effect last year.
Can Japan embrace an alternative approach to plastic?
Japanese companies are rethinking how we make, use and dispose of products by creating substitutes to fossil fuel-based plastics.
Big Oil’s flagship plastic waste project sinks on the Ganges
The failure is a sign that the industry is falling short of its targets to curb an increase in waste, two environmental groups say.
Washing your clothes can create Arctic microplastic pollution
Plastic particles have infiltrated even the most remote and seemingly pristine regions of the planet.
Has Bacardi solved the world’s plastic problem?
Various types of plastic react differently during the recycling process. If two different types are mixed together, the output will be a mishmash of limited economic value.
With eye on zero emissions, Japan climate conference to bring together youths and officials
Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga has made cutting greenhouse gas emissions to zero on a net basis by 2050 one of his administration's major policies.
The bags have been made in response to plastic waste being found in the stomachs of dead deer in Nara Prefecture.
Space garbage solutions could help fix Earth’s plastic problem
We’ve launched 9,600 satellites since 1957. For the first few decades, no one thought about what would happen once they reached the end of their lives. By the time space agencies decided to do something, it had become a problem. "A vast majority of objects ...
