Britta Denise Hardesty receives funding from the Australian Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade and from The United Nations Environment Programme and in the past has received philanthropic funding ...

There are few more villainous products in the eyes of hardcore environmentalists than plastics. Plastics are difficult to recycle, they complain. The production of plastics emits lots of carbon ...

Leaders from around the world have gathered in Busan, South Korea this week in hopes of finally striking a global treaty to reduce the world’s growing level of plastic pollution. Negotiations began ...

Many nations hope to reduce the half a billion tons of plastic made each year. But pushback from plastic and oil producers, and Donald Trump’s election, could scuttle an agreement. By Hiroko Tabuchi ...

On World Environment Day today, renowned sand artist Sudarsan Pattnaik has created a unique sculpture using plastic bottles on Puri beach. The message is about the perils of plastic pollution and ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Kristen Edgreen Kaufman focuses on leadership in foreign policy. Agricultural commissioners from nearly a dozen conservative ...

* UNEP urges a shift from outdated business models to sustainable ones * Plastic //pollution is now a health, environmental, and economic crisis World Environment Day 2025, led by the United Nations ...