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.

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.

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

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.

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.

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.

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 ...

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 ...

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.

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 ...