Plastic pollution is everywhere. It's clogging drains, creeping into farmland, and even ending up in the food we eat. In hopes of doing something about it, leaders from around the world recently met ...

Rivers carry plastic across continents, so scientists tracked its movement across continents too. A sweeping new UC Santa Barbara-led study spanning four continents and eight countries has amassed one ...

GENEVA — Delegates, experts, and stakeholders from 184 countries and 619 organizations are determined to finalize the treaty on plastic pollution, including in the marine environment. They made this ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A sweeping global study shows plastic pollution threatens ocean life in complex and often hidden ways. (CREDIT: Shutterstock) ...

Plastic waste in the ocean can break down into microplastics, which researchers measured near U.S. coastlines to study possible links to higher rates of diabetes, heart disease and stroke.

To minimize plastic waste and pollution, the United States should reject blanket bans and instead address root causes through innovation and the development of a circular plastics economy. Most ...

Every year, many millions of tons of plastic end up in the ocean. It's a serious and rapidly increasing environmental problem. Researchers at the Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU) ...

Days after the U.N. global plastics treaty negotiations failed to produce an agreement, one of the world’s top contributors to plastic pollution has abandoned its plastic reduction and reuse goals.

MACAU, July 22, 2020 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Melco Resorts & Entertainment Limited (“Melco”) has become a signatory to the Global Tourism Plastics Initiative led by the UN Environment Programme and the ...