Plastic pollution has become one of the most pressing environmental issues, thanks to the overwhelming rise in production of disposable plastic products. Plastic pollution is most visible in ...

Plastic pollution reduces fishing revenues and threatens the livelihoods of thousands of vulnerable coastal families.

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CHICAGO — Más de 40 millones de personas en Estados Unidos y Canadá dependen de los Grandes Lagos para su abastecimiento de agua potable. Cada vaso de agua tratada procedente de los lagos contiene dim ...

By Ashley Yeong Food packaging ranks among the top plastic pollutants littering the world’s coastlines, a new study confirms.

In the two decades to 2019, global plastic production doubled. By 2040, plastic manufacturing and processing could consume as much as 20% of global oil production and use up 15% of the annual carbon ...

Picture a pile of trash the size of Manhattan and taller than one and a half Empire State Buildings. That’s how much plastic waste the world is predicted to be generating every year by 2050 – and ...

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Geneva — Negotiators working on a landmark treaty to address the global crisis of plastic pollution failed to reach an agreement during talks that extended into Friday in Geneva. Nations were meeting ...

Ghana's plastic pollution crisis is no longer confined to littered streets, clogged drains and flooded communities, according ...

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

Volunteers in Huntsville cleared nearly a ton of litter from McDonald Creek to combat pollution in the Tennessee River.