When US President Donald Trump ordered federal agencies to return to plastic straws, claiming the paper version is ...

The President of the Association of Scraps and Waste Pickers of Lagos, Mr Friday Okuh, made the call at an event on Saturday ...

Addyston's longtime plastics chemical plant will soon close. Its impact will live on in the ground, air and water.

They may be convenient for some, but plastic products pose an immense problem when they end up polluting oceans around the ...

Drinking water from plastic bottles can pose significant health risks due to the leaching of chemicals, such as BPA and ...

The charity City to Sea has teamed up with plastic-free chewing gum company Nuud for a new campaign, which urges the U.K.

Microscopic plastic pollutants drifting through the air are lodging in the lungs of birds, a new University of Texas at ...

In 2021, filmmaker and activist Ricardo Gomes posted a video of a "trash tsunami" in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. The clip went viral overnight thanks to Kelly Slater.

With over 400 million tons of plastic produced annually — most of it non-recyclable — solutions require systemic transformation driven by bold leadership, private-sector innovation and dynamic ...

Plastic pollution is everywhere, from our oceans to our backyards. But did you know plastic can even be hiding in places you ...

In 2022, the Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB) ordered a nationwide ban on single-use plastic items from July 1, ...