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

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

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

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

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

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

A Unep study estimates that between 19 - 23 million tonnes of plastic waste leak into aquatic ecosystems annually.

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

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

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

Recycled plastic pellets can release a hidden mix of over 80 chemicals into water, disrupting hormones and fat metabolism in ...

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