A coalition of environmental groups and state lawmakers on Tuesday called on Gov. Gavin Newsom to put in place tougher rules ...

Negotiators working on a landmark treaty to address the global crisis of plastic pollution failed to reach an agreement ...

Scaling up average plastic collection rates documented in this study would generate a preliminary estimate of 1.95 million metric tonnes (Mt) of plastic traveling down rivers worldwide every year.

Benjamin Von Wong, a Canadian artist and activist, is heaping piles of plastic waste onto a large sculpture in front of the U ...

Plastic items are seen on Place des Nations in front of the European headquarters of the United Nations in Geneva, ...

Talks on a treaty to address the global crisis of plastic pollution in Geneva ended without an agreement Friday.

As 185 nations engage in talks on reaching a global treaty to curb plastic pollution, the increasingly unmanageable scale of ...

Talks on striking a global treaty on combating plastic pollution were extended an extra day into Friday but with no clear ...

Plastic pollution in the world's oceans has reached "unprecedented levels" over the past 15 years, a new study has found, calling for a legally binding international treaty to stop the harmful ...

One phrase that’s become quite contentious is the “full life cycle” of plastic. Basically, some groups are hoping to go ...

Coastal communities and beaches in Guatemala, El Salvador, Nicaragua, Costa Rica and Panama had the highest levels of contamination from plastics in the ocean.

The Philippines pollutes oceans at a startling rate. According to a December 2023 report in one5c, as of 2021, the Philippines contributes more than 356,000 metric tons of plastic pollution to the ...