In observance of International Plastic Bag Free Day 2025, environmental justice group BAN Toxics reaffirms its unwavering ...

Plastic pollution ranks as one of the three most-pressing environmental concerns, along with climate change and water pollution, according to a 2019 survey included in the Business Case for a UN ...

Countries have shown a united front for ambition after talks on a landmark plastic pollution treaty collapsed last year.

Malaysia emerged as a major destination for U.S. waste after China banned American waste imports in 2018. California shipped ...

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

EcoWaste Coalition reveals toxic cadmium and phthalate in plastic tarpaulins 3 July 2025, Quezon City.  Advocates for the ...

In the 'Nice Call for an Ambitious Treaty on Plastic Pollution,' issued at the United Nations Ocean Conference, 95 countries demanded that a global target to reduce plastic production and consumption ...

A new report by an expert group in the ISC has called for a science-backed global treaty to end the menace of plastic ...

No country receives more discarded plastic from wealthy countries, but shipments from the United States are no longer welcome.

The Philippines has signed an international declaration, joining 94 other countries in calling for an effective treaty to end global plastic pollution.

The UN has estimated that more than 400 million tonnes of plastic are produced annually, with less than 10% being recycled.