"This declaration sends a clear and strong message." Officials from 95 countries issue urgent call on pollution problem that ...

No country receives more discarded plastic from wealthy countries, but shipments from the United States are no longer welcome ...

Malaysia’s actions position it as a potential leader in the ongoing negotiations for a Global Plastics Treaty, due to resume ...

Cola, Nestlé, PepsiCo, and other big names have signed an open letter calling for a 'robust' and 'ambitious' plastic ...

A new report by an expert group in the ISC has called for a science-backed global treaty to end the menace of plastic ...

As jockeying around the plastics treaty heats up ahead of August negotiations, global consumer brands are making the economic ...

New research indicates there’s at least one strategy that works to curb an especially problematic and unnecessary form of ...

The main finding is that these plastic bag policies are effective in limiting, although not eliminating, plastic bag litter ...

The UN has estimated that more than 400 million tonnes of plastic are produced annually, with less than 10% being recycled.

When you outlaw or discourage the sale of plastic bags, fewer of them end up as litter on beaches.

Nearly half a century of beach cleanups across America show that plastic bag bans reduce plastic bag litter washing up on our ...

Banning or charging for plastic bags is helping stop them ending up on US shorelines, a study of the country's litter ...