Inger Andersen, UNEP Executive Director, urges UNEA-7 to act boldly for a sustainable future, stressing that environmental ...

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Discover the urgent environmental problem of ocean plastic pollution in this insightful video. Starting with scientific evidence, we see how microplastics permeate every sample of beach sand across ...

Microplastics were found in Antarctica’s only native insect, highlighting how plastic pollution has spread into remote land ...

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has released its National Strategy to Prevent Plastic Pollution, which outlines opportunities to protect communities from the impacts of plastic production and ...

Leaders from around the world have gathered in Busan, South Korea this week in hopes of finally striking a global treaty to reduce the world’s growing level of plastic pollution. Negotiations began ...

Harmful chemical loads, invasive species and supposedly banned plastic items continue to threaten Irish beaches and shorelines, latest inspections show.

The Belém climate change conference will not include direct discussions about curbing the use of plastic, a material responsible for 3.4% of global carbon emissions, in its official plenary sessions.

Selecting one kind of plastic over another is often used to accomplish this goal. However, to date, no material selection framework has considered or quantified environmental persistence, or the time ...

Humanity’s use of plastic has grown exponentially since the 1950s. Today, nine million people worldwide are employed in plastic production and processing, and while they are lightweight and affordable ...

Consumers in California will no longer receive plastic bags, but paper bags, to reduce environmental pollution ...

National Cotton Council initiative promotes natural fiber over synthetic materials to reduce microplastic health risks.