Right now, nations are negotiating the details of a treaty designed to slash plastic waste. One option on the table: tax new plastic to discourage overproduction.

Arts-based research methods are bringing fresh perspectives as the world seeks much-needed solutions to plastic pollution.

Even if 50 per cent more plastic was recycled there would still be a pollution problem, a French minister said this week.

The EU’s push for a global plastics treaty is a crucial step toward mitigating the environmental and health risks of plastic ...

Unep boss cites a degree of impatience in the rooms because of the tortoise speed with which delegates are dealing with the issues ...

Representatives of ExxonMobil, Dow, BASF and Sabic are among the oil and petrochemical firms with participants at the INC-5 ...

Is virgin plastic production vital or completely unsustainable? For the industry lobbyists at UN talks on plastic pollution, ...

Can the “Plastic Train to Busan” be a train of hope for humanity to escape from plastic zombies? Both those who desperately ...

As the world gears towards the last treaty process, Greenpeace Africa Plastic Campaigner Gerald Mutwol termed the government’s move as significant and urged the country to endorse and sign the Bridge ...

Representatives of grassroots groups are in South Korea pushing for a cut in worldwide plastics production and pollution ...

India has proposed setting up a multilateral fund to aid developing countries in battling plastic pollution, modeled after ...