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

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

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

Like single-use plastic items, chewing gum pollution needs to be tackled from all angles—education, reduction, alternatives, innovation, producer responsibility, and legislation.

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.

Researchers say the world creates 57 million tons of plastic pollution every year — enough to fill New York City’s Central Park as high as the Empire State Building — and spreads it from the ...