Inger Andersen, UNEP Executive Director, urges mobilizing finance, policy reform, and circular solutions to tackle plastic ...
As more countries ban waste imports, plastic waste generators like the US will need to find better solutions. A few states ...
This is read by an automated voice. Please report any issues or inconsistencies here. Within 15 years, a garbage truck’s worth of plastic could be entering our environment every second. Not every ...
Plastic pollution has become one of the most pressing environmental issues, thanks to the overwhelming rise in production of disposable plastic products. Plastic pollution is most visible in ...
Plastic pollution is a "grave, growing and under-recognized danger" to health that is costing the world at least $1.5 trillion a year, experts warned in a report on Monday. The new review of the ...
The negative consequences of plastic are everywhere and affect everyone. Microplastics are now found throughout our bodies, mismanagement of plastic is linked to major health risks, the impacts of ...
BENIN – The Foundation for Earth Rights Assembly (FERA) on Friday joined the global community to mark the 54th World Environment Day celebration, calling for the reduction of the impact of Plastic ...
Duarte Pita Dias is based in CBS News' London bureau, where he works across digital platforms and for TV broadcasts. Senior Coordinating Producer of Climate and Environmental Coverage Tracy J. Wholf ...
A family collect plastic waste on the shore inn Ocean Conservancy's clean up in the Norwegian Northern town of Skjervøy. Plastic bag bans in the U.S. have proven effective in reducing plastic litter ...
Leaders from around the world have gathered in Busan, South Korea this week in hopes of finally striking a global treaty to reduce the world’s growing level of plastic pollution. Negotiations began ...
When you buy a bottle of Coca-Cola or a Snickers bar, the price probably doesn’t break the bank. But what if the true cost of the plastic packaging is taken into account at the supermarket checkout?