The first-of-its-kind experiment aims to scale up reusable cups and reduce single-use plastics that too often wind up as waste, clogging rivers, killing marine wildlife and risking human health.

Documents leaked from an industry group show how plastics companies are pushing back ... “surpassed our expectations,” Ms. Nichols said in follow-up memos sent to members.

The divisions plaguing plastics treaty talks echo conflicts that ... for the White House Council on Environmental Quality. Ms Inger Andersen, executive director of the UN Environment Programme ...

A global treaty on plastics, which is being touted as the most important environmental treaty since the 2015 Paris Agreement, is set to be negotiated in South Korea over the next week. At the fifth ...

For a Pacific island country like Fiji, a global plastics treaty is crucial to protect its fragile ecosystem and public health, said Sivendra Michael, Fiji's climate minister and chief climate and ...

But because of their strength, light weight, convenience, and low cost compared with other materials, these plastics have captured such a presence in humans’ daily lives that the world is ...

Talks began in Busan, South Korea, on Monday aiming to clinch a legally binding deal on plastics pollution, led by the UN Environment Programme (UNEP ... scientists are calling out the science,” Ms.

The divisions plaguing the plastics treaty talks echo conflicts that have long stalled U.N. efforts to curb global warming, with the most recent climate summit, COP29, having just ended with an ...

The fact that plastics pollute the environment and generate problems has been well-researched in many areas. However, there is little information on the impacts of plastics on climate and ...

“The public must have access to accurate and accessible information on the chemicals of concern used in plastic polymers and products, the type and amounts of pollutants emitted or released in each of ...

Plastics can contain thousands of different chemicals, many of them linked to cancer and reproductive harm, and many never tested for safety. Multiple studies are now finding these chemicals ...

Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. European plastics manufacturers are closing plants amid a deep decline in production as EU companies ...