BUSAN, South Korea — Negotiators working for a week in South Korea on a treaty to address the global crisis of plastic pollution won’t reach an agreement and plan to resume the talks next year. They ...

Plastics are bad for human health and the environment. This isn’t news to most of us. However, it’s easy to gloss over the details of why plastics are so devastating because they are pervasive in our ...

There are few more villainous products in the eyes of hardcore environmentalists than plastics. Plastics are difficult to recycle, they complain. The production of plastics emits lots of carbon ...

Posts from this topic will be added to your daily email digest and your homepage feed. A proposal to set limits on plastic production gained support but still faces some stiff opposition. A proposal ...

"Plastics are the new coal," declares Beyond Plastics. "Pollution from the plastics industry is a major force behind the heating of the planet," reports The Hill. The Natural Resources Defense Council ...

GENEVA (AP) — Negotiators working on a treaty to address the global crisis of plastic pollution are discussing a new draft of the text Wednesday that would not limit plastic production or address ...

Nations kicked off a meeting on Tuesday to try to complete a landmark treaty aimed at ending the plastic pollution crisis that affects every ecosystem and person on the planet. It’s the sixth time ...

Two days remain in the latest — and maybe last — international effort to halt plastic pollution, including planet-warming emissions from production. A global deal to halt plastic pollution is at risk ...