Germany was the world’s largest plastic waste exporter in 2025, sending more than 810,000 tons abroad, mainly to Turkey, Malaysia, and Indonesia. These recipient countries have faced illegal dumping, ...

Malaysia says it is no longer accepting plastic waste from a handful of nations, including the U.S., that didn’t ratify the Basel Convention. Malaysia emerged as a major destination for waste from the ...

Since 2019, the 191 countries that are party to an international agreement called the Basel Convention have agreed to classify mixed plastic trash as “hazardous waste.” This designation essentially ...

It's easy to think of recycling as the solution to plastic pollution, but the vast majority of plastic waste now ends up in landfills, or worse.

ASEAN has become an attractive destination for petrochemical expansion and plastic waste exports, given its proximity to China and regional appetite for foreign investment. This will come at high ...

Plastic waste is an exploding global problem, with minimal recycling resulting in incineration as a common disposal practice. Shipments of plastic products and plastic waste from the Global North to ...

Plastic is one of the most durable materials humans have ever made. That durability has made it indispensable in medicine, food packaging and transport. But it’s also created one of the defining ...