Countries are gathering in Geneva from Aug. 5 to 14, with the hopes of passing a legally binding global agreement on plastic ...

Delegates from 176 UN member states, NGOs, scientists and industrialists are meeting in Geneva until 14 August to negotiate ...

The plastic pollution crisis is costing the U.S. some $1.5 trillion in health-related costs every year – and the threat is ...

Plastic pollution is a "grave, growing and under-recognized danger" to health that is costing the world at least $1.5 ...

South Africa is poised to ban plastic microbeads as part of a new initiative to combat plastic pollution. Stakeholders are ...

A final round of negotiations to adopt a global treaty against plastic pollution will take place in Geneva, Switzerland.

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Until September 14, 2025, visitors attending the Calgary Zoo are able to explore a series of thought-provoking art exhibits ...

Representatives from 184 countries have launched UN-led negotiations in Geneva to draft the first global treaty to combat ...

But one per cent of Canada's plastic waste amounted to 29,000 tonnes of plastic pollution in 2016, the report notes. According to Statistics Canada, the total was 43,140 tonnes in 2019.

Marine plastic pollution costs up to $2.5 trillion per year Isabella O'MalleyDigital Writer, Climate Change Reporter Published on Apr. 7, 2019, 9:33 PM Updated on Apr. 7, 2019, 10:20 PM ...