California received the highest score and Mississippi the worst in a new nationwide ranking of state laws designed to reduce ...

A report assessing state policies on plastics comes just weeks before negotiators meet to attempt to finalize a global treaty ...

Researchers find that nationwide policies to ban plastic bags may be paying off, with fewer showing up during coastal cleanups.

International Plastic Bag Free Day, observed on July 3, is a global effort to curb our current plastic pollution problem. The observance is a part of the Break Free From Plastic Movement, and the ...

A new study has some good news, but there’s a problem: Ocean pollution appears to be growing fast. By Delger Erdenesanaa There’s less plastic pollution flowing into the ocean from land than ...

Nations could agree in December on a world-first treaty to reduce the amount of plastic leaking into the environment which, if nothing is done, is forecast to triple by 2060.

More than 170 nations across the globe have backed a historic resolution to end plastic pollution and forge an international legally binding agreement by 2024.

World Environment Day 2025: Here're some of the inspiring messages and quotes to motivate you to end plastic pollution and adopt eco-friendly habits for a greener planet.

The world dumps 2,000 truckloads of plastic into the ocean each day. Here’s where a lot of it ends up Photographs and video by Edu Ponces/RUIDO Photo Story by Angela Dewan, CNN Published April ...

2023 has the potential to be remembered as the year the world finally woke up to the true scale of the plastic crisis. The prospect of a Global Plastics Treaty signalled a shift among governments ...

Countries could slash plastic pollution by 80% in less than two decades, according to a new report from the United Nations Environment Programme.

Countries have begun to discuss a future global plastics treaty which would cut pollution, some hope entirely by 2040, at U.N. talks in Uruguay this week, with many states calling for curbs on ...