From placing the emphasis on plastic management rather than production and over-riding stringent state laws, the dilution of ...

Australia will defy a US demand by backing a global cap on plastics production, Environment Minister Murray Watt says.

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

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

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.

Almost every week seems to bring a new report that plastic is even worse than had been thought for both human and planetary ...

Virgin resin production caps remain in the mix in the global plastics treaty talks, but there are signs at the start of the ...