Talks on forging a landmark treaty to combat the scourge of plastic pollution were stumbling Saturday, with progress slow and ...

Talks last year in South Korea were supposed to be the final round, but they adjourned in December at an impasse over cutting ...

World leaders are in Geneva this week trying to hammer out the world’s first legally binding treaty to tackle the plastic ...

Countries are gathering in Geneva from Aug. 5 to 14, with the hopes of passing a legally binding global agreement on plastic ...

U.N. negotiators have 10 days to craft a global plastic treaty. Environmental advocates say reaching an agreement to cap ...

The second part of the fifth session of the Intergovernmental Negotiating Committee to develop an international legally ...

With plastic production projected to triple by 2060, pressure is mounting to secure a binding agreement that tackles the ...

Talks on forging a groundbreaking treaty to combat the scourge of plastic pollution were floundering Saturday, with progress ...

Talks on finalising an international, legally-binding instrument on plastic pollution are being held at the UN in Geneva ...

Plastic waste travels from inland communities to the ocean through rivers, but new research from UC Santa Barbara’s Benioff Ocean Science Laboratory shows how to stop it at the source. Spanning eight ...

A new study reveals an alarming number of mechanisms throughout the life-cycle of plastic that could enhance or spread antimicrobial resistance.