Plastic waste is piling up at a daunting pace around the world. The World Bank estimates that every person on the planet generates an average of 1.6 pounds (0.74 kilograms) of plastic waste daily. To ...

Plastic pollution is causing severe problems worldwide. However, negotiations at the United Nations in Geneva last August did ...

Plastic litter covers the ground around a river by a highway overpass. A UN treaty to address plastic pollution has fallen behind schedule. Credit: Shutterstock Plastic pollution is still a big topic ...

Negotiators will take another stab at reaching a global pact on plastic pollution at talks opening Tuesday in Geneva but they face deep divisions over how to tackle the health and ecological hazard.

UC Santa Barbara researchers and their colleagues estimate that without intervention, plastic pollution is on track to double by 2050. But in a study published in the journal Science, these same ...

GENEVA (AP) — A Swiss ocean protection group is handing out bars of soap to negotiators working on a global accord to end plastic pollution. The messaging on the cardboard box from the Geneva-based ...

MIAMI — The marine conservation group 4ocean observed an impressive yet grim record-setting haul after seven years of cleaning up waterways and coastlines around the world. The impressive number ...

Mangroves protect coasts and wildlife, but plastic waste now builds up inside roots, harming ecosystems and communities.

The National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine will establish a Roundtable on Plastics that will provide a forum for examining issues associated with national efforts to reduce plastic ...

Medical centres are established to treat diseases and serve humanity, yet the plastic pollution generated by these same institutions is becoming a silent threat to both the environment and public ...

Get your news from a source that’s not owned and controlled by oligarchs. Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily. Oil and chemical companies who created a high-profile alliance to end plastic ...

PLASTIC has been ceaselessly suffocating the planet rather than showing signs of downturn. What began as a convenience for its versatility has evolved into a global crisis, threatening human health, ...