Of the record volumes of plastic being produced, less than 10% is made into something new. Is it time to rethink recycling?

As a global treaty to reduce plastic pollution inches forward, the hunt continues for workable substitutes.

Delegates, experts, and stakeholders from 184 countries and 619 organizations are determined to finalize the treaty on ...

A key split is whether a treaty should require cutting plastic production — or if redesign, recycling and reuse can solve the problem.

Now it is up to the member states to “clean” the text by Thursday, so the world can get its first treaty aimed at ending ...

Countries remained at loggerheads Monday over how to tackle plastic pollution, with only four days left to craft a landmark ...

Indigenous communities from North America are at talks on a global treaty on plastic pollution in Geneva, pleading the case ...

GENEVA – Talks on forging a landmark treaty to combat the scourge of plastic pollution were stumbling Saturday, with progress slow and countries wildly at ...

A recent study explores the potential of using native microorganisms to remediate metals in industrial wastewater.

The Human Rights Advocacy Centre (HRAC Ghana), in partnership with Crossroads International, has launched an innovative plastic pollution initiative ...

Saturday on PBS News Weekend, a new study highlights the growing health dangers of plastic pollution. As megafires become ...