Stacey Leasca is an award-winning journalist with nearly two decades of newsroom experience. She is also the co-founder of Be a Travel Writer, an online course for the next generation of travel ...

Plastic waste has become one of the most urgent environmental challenges of the 21st century. From overflowing landfills to microplastics found in the deepest parts of the ocean, the world’s ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. In “The Graduate,” Benjamin Braddock, back from school, is told the secret of the future in one word. “Plastics.” At the time the ...

The company says it is refining its sustainability goals to position itself for the long term, including the phase-out of its reusable packaging targets and a drop in its virgin plastic reduction and ...

Brazil produces around 7 million tons of plastic products a year, 44% of which are disposable and single-use plastics, common in food packaging; a significant amount of it ends up in one of Brazil’s 3 ...

Amazon is changing how it boxes packages, swapping out plastic air pillows with recycled paper, a move the company says is more eco-friendly and will provide just as much protection, "if not better." ...

Walking down the street, or visiting the park or beach, there’s one thing you’ll almost inevitably see: pieces of plastic packaging—washed up on the sand, tangled in a hedgerow, lying in the gutter.

The food and beverage industry is inherently tied to plastic. As much as 40% of global plastic packaging is dedicated to the sector, with the vast majority of ready meals, bread, rice, cereals, meat, ...