Plastic pollution tends to float near the surface and build up in large, rotating ocean currents known as gyres. The ...

Groups connected to the fossil fuel industry are trying to shape an international treaty to cut plastic pollution. And oil- and gas-producing nations are at the negotiating table.

New research on nanoplastics pollution and ‘chemicals of concern’ underscores the need for a strong agreement when ...

Negotiators at United Nations–led talks in Nairobi, Kenya have failed to agree on how to advance toward the development of a global treaty to end plastic pollution.

As the host nation of Unep and a frontline actor in the battle against plastic pollution, Kenya must take the lead in driving ...

NAIROBI, Kenya — Efforts to create a landmark treaty to end global plastic pollution advanced Monday in Kenya's capital as nations, plus petrochemical companies, environmentalists and others ...

Environment United Nations Seems to Boost Plastics Industry Interests, Critics Say Ahead of a groundbreaking treaty to reduce plastic pollution, a group of independent scientists fear that the ...

Diplomats at a United Nations conference in Busan, South Korea, failed to reach agreement on the world’s first treaty to tackle plastic pollution on Sunday. They said they would reconvene in ...

When I registered to attend last month’s United Nations conference in Canada, organizers insisted it would be a “plastic free meeting.” I wouldn’t even get a see-through sleeve for my name ...

Nairobi, Kenya — It didn’t take long after the recent United Nations environmental assembly in Kenya ended for environmentalists to sharply rebuke the United States for allegedly derailing ...

A staggering 91 per cent of all plastic is single-use, and the rate of mass production since plastic became commonly used almost six decades ago has resulted in 8.3 billion metric tonnes of ...

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