An industry organization is pushing back after the U.S. reportedly announced that it will support a global treaty calling for a reduction in how much new plastic is produced. In a statement, Matt ...

Negotiators will take another stab at reaching a global pact on plastic pollution at talks opening Tuesday in Geneva but they face deep divisions over how to tackle the health and ecological hazard.

WASHINGTON — Petrochemical companies like those along the Houston Ship Channel have for nearly a decade invested billions of dollars in developing advanced recycling systems to curb the flow of ...

Our oceans have been experiencing a plastic crisis for decades. We have now reached a pivotal moment in ocean pollution, where the numbers are no longer abstract and time is running out to make an ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. German plastic recyclers give their views on the world’s increasing plastic pollution while the international community meets in ...

As final negotiations for an international plastics treaty get underway this week in Busan, South Korea, scientists warn that the global plastics crisis is far more dangerous than previously thought.

GENEVA (AP) — A Swiss ocean protection group is handing out bars of soap to negotiators working on a global accord to end plastic pollution. The messaging on the cardboard box from the Geneva-based ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Environmentalists in Virginia Beach are lobbying for the city to include a fee on single-use plastic bags in order to encourage ...

In New York, plastic accounts for about 14% of the 18 million tons of waste that ends up in landfills and incinerators, according to state figures. A measure in Albany would force companies that do at ...

State Democrats are renewing their push for a measure that would reduce the amount of plastic big businesses use to package food and other products after falling short on the final day of last year’s ...