Representatives from 175 countries will gather in Geneva, Switzerland, in August for the final round of negotiations on a ...

Plastic is a major contributor to climate change, as the primary raw materials used in its creation are coal, natural gas, and crude oil—all leading sources of harmful emissions.

A new report from the Ocean Conservancy is giving the United States a failing grade when it comes to fighting plastic ...

Correction — An earlier version of the headline misstated how much plastic pollution is dumped into the ocean. It is 2,000 truckloads each day. This story has been updated. Credits.

A bacteria commonly found in wastewater can break down plastic to turn it into a food source, a new study finds. Scientists hope it is a pollution solution.

Plastic-eating bacteria could combat pollution problems, scientists hope. A bacteria commonly found in wastewater can break down plastic to turn it into a food source, a new study finds.

The U.S. and 174 other nations failed to agree on a new treaty to reduce the plastic pollution contaminating our environment, food, water, and even our bodies.

Countries are racing to finalize a U.N. treaty to end plastic pollution Negotiations over a U.N. treaty to cut plastics have been bogged down. Environmental groups blame the oil and gas industry.

A photo taken on Dec. 8, 2022, in Vaasa, Finland, shows plastic pieces in frozen water. OLIVIER MORIN/AFP via Getty Images. Currently, 80 percent of marine debris is plastic, and because m arine ...

UC Santa Barbara researchers and their colleagues estimate that without intervention, plastic pollution is on track to double by 2050. But in a study published in the journal Science, these same ...

Across these three categories—waste management, marine and terrestrial pollution, and public health—we found that under a business-as-usual scenario, the plastic pollution that has accumulated ...