Reducing plastic use this year should be on everyone’s radar, although it won’t be easy. According to the United Nations, ...

The recent Typhoon Yagi, the strongest storm to strike Vietnam in the past 70 years, caused heavy damage across many fronts. During such events, protecting human life is justifiably paramount. So few ...

APRIL 24, 2024 – A research paper published today in Science Advances reveals a direct correlation between plastic production and plastic pollution, such that every 1% increase in plastic production ...

Plastic fills our dumps, homes and oceans. Plastic pollution takes a huge toll on wildlife: More than 700 species, including sea turtles, fish and whales, eat plastic or get tangled up in it. Plastic ...

In 2018, at a Dubai resort next to the blue-green waters of the Persian Gulf, Amin Nasser, CEO of Saudi Aramco, stood before an audience of hundreds of petrochemical executives to set out his vision ...

The United States, one of the world’s biggest plastic makers, will support a global treaty calling for a reduction in how much new plastic is produced each year in a major policy shift, a source close ...

A panel of experts last week made a simple, common-sense recommendation for dealing with the U.S.’s plastic pollution problem: Stop making so much plastic. “Not producing waste in the first place is ...

The amount of plastic being churned out annually is far outpacing the global capacity to manage and recycle it. While some products are vital, much is made for single-use items that not only lead to ...

New research shows that the concentration of microplastics in our bodies has grown as global plastic production has increased The study looked at brain, liver and kidney tissue from cadavers The ...

Britta Denise Hardesty receives funding from the Australian Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade and from The United Nations Environment Programme and in the past has received philanthropic funding ...