"The size of the faucet highlights the magnitude of the problem. It makes the problem impossible to ignore. We're used to ...

In August, the Intergovernmental Negotiating Committee (INC) will meet in Geneva for what could be the last chance to force a ...

Though disproportionately affected by plastic pollution, Indigenous Peoples are struggling to shape a global treaty on it.

The Cornwall-based Surfers Against Sewage campaign group continues to call for a total ban on single-use plastic - including ...

This briefing note outlines the views of the Environmental Investigation Agency (EIA) on key agenda items related to plastic waste at the seventeenth meeting of the Conference of the Parties (COP-17) ...

Plastic waste is increasingly causing problems for fishers. Fishnets bring up bottles, propellers get tangled in bags, water ...

Negotiations for a global agreement to combat plastic waste will continue in Geneva from 5 to 14 August, preceded by regional ...

More than a dozen countries took part in informal talks aimed at unblocking negotiations to stem a global wave of plastic ...

One new study, presented at a conference in January, found that microplastic pollution was 50 percent higher in the placentas of babies born prematurely. Talks in South Korea aimed at agreeing to a UN ...

KTLA’s new ocean conservation series ‘Saving Our Seas’ dives into one of the largest and most worrisome issues facing our planet… the plastic problem. It’s a compounding catastrophe that ...