As final global plastics treaty negotiations take place in Geneva, The Lancet elevates plastic pollution as a grave, global ...

The 184 countries gathering to forge a landmark treaty on combating plastic pollution are seeking a way forward to tackle a ...

Lancet study reveals plastic pollution causes serious human health problems from factory production to waste disposal.

A new report published in the medical journal The Lancet finds that plastic pollution is costing the world at least $1.5 trillion a year in health-related bills. Dr. Philip Landrigan, one of the ...

USC biomedical engineers have developed a novel, ocean-safe biocompatible material that eliminates the risk of microplastic ...

Talks last year in South Korea were supposed to be the final round, but they adjourned in December at an impasse over cutting ...

Almost three and a half years have passed since the historic adoption of the UN Environment Assembly Resolution 5/14. It is ...

Countries were to start the clock Tuesday on 10 days of talks aimed at hammering out a landmark global treaty on combating ...

Negotiations will run until August 14, following a previous session last year that made significant progress but ultimately ...

The problem is getting worse, with plastic pollution expected to soar in the coming decades. So in 2022, U.N. member states said they'd write a legally binding agreement to keep plastic waste out ...

UC Santa Barbara researchers and their colleagues estimate that without intervention, plastic pollution is on track to double by 2050. But in a study published in the journal Science, these same ...

The latter could strengthen its guidelines on plastic-related sustainability claims through a document called the Green Guides, and it could bring enforcement actions against companies that use ...