Introduction Soon, representatives of many of the world’s nations will once again convene to negotiate a global treaty aimed ...

California received the highest score and Mississippi the worst in a new nationwide ranking of state laws designed to reduce ...

This month is Plastic Free July, so Ocean Conservancy thought it was a good time to launch their report. Called “United States of Plastics,” the report analyzes state-level efforts to combat plastic ...

The organization’s "United States of Plastics" report uses a five-star scale to rate state-level efforts to combat plastic ...

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

So it’s a misconception that plastic pollution is caused by people’s irresponsible behaviour. The main reason is that 1.2 billion people do not have their solid waste collected at all.

The world currently produces more than 50 million tonnes of “mismanaged” plastic waste each year, and some researchers project this flood of pollution into the environment will double by mid ...

To curb this flow, 175 nations are negotiating a binding international treaty on plastic pollution, with a completion target of late 2024. In July 2024, ...

"Plastic pollution doesn't really disappear, it just breaks down into smaller and smaller pieces. While research into environmental plastic pollution is still ongoing, one thing remains clear ...

Across these three categories—waste management, marine and terrestrial pollution, and public health—we found that under a business-as-usual scenario, the plastic pollution that has accumulated ...

Plastic production doubled between 2000 and 2019 alone, reaching 460 million metric tons, according to countries that joined a High Ambition Coalition to End Plastic Pollution.