When I think about plastics, something doesn’t add up. Once imagined as a responsible substitute for natural materials, their ...

FRANTIC efforts by civil society organizations and activists from across Africa gathered at the European headquarters of the ...

At least 19 fossil fuel and chemical industry lobbyists have secured places in national delegations at the final round of global plastics treaty negotiations in ...

World leaders meeting in Geneva, Switzerland​ this week have been discussing a treaty meant to end the problem of plastic waste.

Negotiations on a global treaty on plastic pollution are being blocked by oil-producing countries and getting bogged down in ...

In a new study conducted by The Lancet, scientists found plastics are responsible for endangering human and planetary health at all stages of life. From fossil fuel extraction, production, use, ...

Global plastic pollution is projected to hit 460 million tonnes by 2025 and campaigners have urged world leaders to “ provide global rules that will control the amount of plastics being produced” and ...

Greenpeace activists staged a protest outside the UN building in Geneva on Thursday, pouring a dark, oil-like substance in ...

Negotiations aimed at forging a global treaty on plastic pollution are being blocked by oil-producing countries and getting ...

Even if the jury on microplastics is still out, there is enough evidence of the harmful effects of chemical additives in plastics for the U.N. to act now.

As UN meets to negotiate an international treaty to curb plastic pollution, many favour carbon credit-like offsetting.