Although many issues are being discussed the key split is around Article 6 - whether there should be a commitment to cutting how much plastic is produced, or just try and reduce plastic waste by ...

Global Low Density Polyethylene (LDPE) Market is thriving due to an increasing demand for flexible packaging materials, thriving e-commerce sector, widespread use of LDPE in manufacturing, and ...

It’s one of the biggest cooking weeks of the year for many families. Chances are there’s a well-used black plastic spatula, spoon or ladle near the stove. Scientists say it belongs in the trash.

Can the world finally agree on how to end plastic pollution? We should know by the end of the week.

Plastic waste pollutes our oceans, food, even our bodies. This week, 175 countries are trying to create a treaty to reduce that waste. Nations such as Saudi Arabia and Russia, who produce fossil ...

South Korea is hosting the fifth and ostensibly final U.N. Intergovernmental Negotiating Committee (INC-5) meeting this week, after the previous round of talks in Ottawa in April ended without a ...

For two years, nations have worked to come up with a global agreement to tackle plastic pollution — a ... negotiators still appear to be largely split on key provisions, prompting uncertainty ...

Instead, talks will be focused on chemicals of concern and other measures after petrochemical-producing nations such as Saudi Arabia and China strongly opposed efforts to target plastic production ...

But the rise in popularity has led to an unintended consequence: Along with orange peels and eggshells, people are tossing twist ties, cling wrap, foam trays and other plastic food packaging into ...

Artistic rendering of the new plastic. Cross-linked salt bridges visible in the plastic outside the seawater give it its structure and strength. In seawater (and in soil, not depicted), resalting ...

Deep-diving toothed whales wash up dead with stomachs full of plastic and prey alike. Their built-in sonar likely can’t tell the difference. Two adult sperm whales swim side by side in Dominica.