Inger Andersen, UNEP Executive Director, urges mobilizing finance, policy reform, and circular solutions to tackle plastic ...

Enacting a combination of four policies could reduce mismanaged plastic waste by 91% and greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions by about 37% third by 2050, according to a model created by scientists at the ...

Scientists have long known that sunlight helps break down plastic. So, why do plastic products linger for decades and even ...

Globally, plastic pollution reaches roughly 20 million tons annually, the equivalent of 2,000 garbage trucks dumped into the ...

The world currently produces more than 50 million tonnes of “mismanaged” plastic waste each year, and some researchers project this flood of pollution into the environment will double by mid-century.

Long before plastic existed, forests were already pulling pollution out of the air. Their canopies trap windborne particles and funnel them to the ground. This process is what scientists call the ...

Plastic bags, bottles and takeout containers usually disappear into bins, landfills, or waterways. Julian Brown wants to turn ...

Plastic pollution is a "grave, growing and under-recognized danger" to health that is costing the world at least $1.5 trillion a year, experts warned in a report on Monday. The new review of the ...

This is read by an automated voice. Please report any issues or inconsistencies here. Within 15 years, a garbage truck’s worth of plastic could be entering our environment every second. Not every ...

As more countries ban waste imports, plastic waste generators like the US will need to find better solutions. A few states ...