plastic waste reduction 2026
DOE Backs New Minerals and Recycling Pilot Projects
A global plastics-recycling coalition just tallied its first year under a new decade-long strategy: more than 378,000 tonnes of unmanaged waste addressed since 2019, and $641 million in outside capital pulled off the sidelines. The U.S. Department of Energy, meanwhile, is putting $5.5 million behind two very different bets: turning a common volcanic mineral into…
