Very little of the world's plastic waste—about half of which comes from single-use plastics such as packaging, straws and ...

The world’s nations will wrap up negotiating a treaty this weekend to address the global crisis of plastic pollution.

The hoped-for treaty to come out of these talks could be the most significant deal relating to environmental protection as ...

A week after Saudi Arabia, the world’s top oil exporter, was accused of being a “wrecking ball” jeopardizing global climate ...

The current text excludes key demands, including a binding limit on plastic production and a ban on dangerous additives.

It was Espen Barth Eide, President of the Fifth Session of the United Nations Environment Assembly (UNEA 5), who gave the ...

Representatives from 175 countries are urgently negotiating a legally binding treaty to curb plastic pollution.

The U.S. is among 175 nations haggling over a treaty to reduce the vast quantity of plastic pollution that ends up in our ...

In an interview with the Nation, Jane Muncke, a South African independent scientist working with Food Packaging Forum and is ...

Greenpeace activists boarded a tanker off South Korea on Saturday in an action intended to draw attention to calls for a treaty to curb plastic pollution, the environmental group said.

Diplomats warned Saturday that a majority of countries could walk away from talks on the world's first plastic pollution ...