Researchers find that nationwide policies to ban plastic bags may be paying off, with fewer showing up during coastal ...

Plastic bag bans and fees reduce shoreline litter, but research has found they aren't enough to solve global plastic pollution.

As plastic waste piles up in the world’s landfills, sewer systems and oceans, the United Nations has set a goal to reduce plastic pollution by 80 percent by the year 2040.

While climate change and plastic pollution are often discussed separately, the connection between them is far more dangerous ...

Plastic pollution is a growing issue that's impacting ecosystems globally. ... Seaweed is "kind of hot", said Wired, and a company in California is using it to make cellophane-like bags.

Much plastic waste produced is single-use or packaging. Due to the difficulty of recycling plastic, less than 6% is recycled. The rest is landfilled, incinerated, or in our environment.

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

Countries are racing to finalize a U.N. treaty to end plastic pollution Negotiations over a U.N. treaty to cut plastics have been bogged down. Environmental groups blame the oil and gas industry.

The U.S. and 174 other nations failed to agree on a new treaty to reduce the plastic pollution contaminating our environment, food, water, and even our bodies.

Scientists have discovered a plastic-eating insect that could ... and is notoriously durable — polystyrene was notably targeted by a Biden Administration campaign to help reduce plastic pollution.

Washing household plastic containers in a dishwasher releases nanoplastic and microplastic pollution into wastewater, University of Queensland researchers have found. Dr. Elvis Okoffo from UQ's ...