This discovery offers a two-for-one solution. Researchers make game-changing breakthrough using common plastic waste — here's ...

Negotiations toward a global, legally binding plastics treaty are set to resume this summer, with the United Nations ...

State and local policies to regulate the use of plastic bags have significantly reduced how many of them are found littered ...

Researchers find that nationwide policies to ban plastic bags may be paying off, with fewer showing up during coastal ...

Recycled plastic pellets can release a hidden mix of over 80 chemicals into water, disrupting hormones and fat metabolism in ...

When you outlaw or discourage the sale of plastic bags, fewer of them end up as litter on beaches.

The new rules, scheduled to take effect July 1, will allow only approved plastic scrap imports from countries that are Basel ...

Plastic bag bans and fees reduce shoreline litter, but research has found they aren't enough to solve global plastic ...

New research shows shoreline litter in U.S. has been slashed by almost half since plastic bag bans have gone into effect.

UNDP and Norway team up with local officials to launch an ambitious plan to restore the environment at one of Vietnam’s worst ...

The country is poised to introduce a series of regulations that will make companies that produce and use plastic packaging ...

Vietnam is among the first three nations to establish and operationalize a National Plastic Action Partnership (NPAP) task ...