Negotiations toward a global, legally binding plastics treaty are set to resume this summer, with the United Nations ...

Products were distributed in New York, Pennsylvania, Massachusetts, New Jersey, Maryland, Virginia, Washington, D.C., North ...

An engineer @UHouston has developed a way to turn bacterial cellulose — a biodegradable material — into a multifunctional ...

New research on nanoplastics pollution and ‘chemicals of concern’ underscores the need for a strong agreement when ...

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Consumers who bought the affected bottles were asked to return or discard the product without drinking it. Coca-Cola hit with ...

The world produces over 100 million tons of plastic a year, which could take hundreds of years to fully degrade, but ...

A chemical commonly found in sunscreen could be making plastic in oceans even harder to break down, according to University ...

The two back-to-back episodes have laid bare the state’s vulnerabilities in responding effectively to the subsequent environmental damage ...

Despite this, plastic production is projected to expand by as much as three times by 2060. Within a decade, global carbon emissions from plastic production could outpace that of coal-fired power.

US officials outlined their new position at a meeting in Nairobi, where key divisions persisted ahead of August talks to agree a global plastics pact The US government is pushing back against measures ...

A recent study published by Portland State University discovered a variety of microplastics in 180 out of 182 tested seafood ...