Plastic solutions for Monday, 12 October 2026

Today’s headlines about what is working against plastic pollution: new laws, recycling and reuse technology, cleanups and funding. Links go to the original publishers.

1. The Ocean Cleanup and United Nations ESCAP target Asia-Pacific ocean plastic solutions to protect oceansEIN News, 12 Oct
2. FBRA recovers three tonnes of recyclables in Lagos, Oyo for World Cleanup DayThe Nation Newspaper, 12 Oct
3. World Cleanup Day: FBRA recovers three tonnes of recyclables in Lagos, OyoThe Guardian Nigeria News, 12 Oct
4. Japanese investors are spending $110 million to build a sterile packaging factory in Dong Nai.Vietnam.vn, 10 Oct
5. ‘There’s no point in saying, “Recycle, recycle”’: Meet Arya Satheesh, the 18-year-old who invented a planThe Times of India, 12 Oct
6. Plastic waste exposes Fiji’s recycling crisisFBC News, 12 Oct
7. WCD: FBRA recovers 3 tonnes of recyclables in Lagos, OyoThe Sun Nigeria, 12 Oct
8. Social fintech a 2-in-1 solution to poverty and plastic pollutionDaily Tribune, 11 Oct
9. Moment with the Mayor: Recycling just got easierThe Border Pulse, 11 Oct
10. Congratulations, Department of Environment and Public Services 🎉 The City of Manila, through the Department of Environment and Public Services (DEPS), bagged 3rd Place at the Plastic Reimagine 2026: From Waste to Innovation exhibit during the PackPriFacebook, 11 Oct