Inger Andersen, UNEP Executive Director, urges UNEA-7 to act boldly for a sustainable future, stressing that environmental ...

Ocean plastic has hit a critical point in 2025, threatening turtles, whales, and seabirds. See which solutions still offer hope.

The Shocking Truth About Global Plastic Recycling Rates The statistics around plastic recycling are absolutely devastating.

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Microplastics are already an environmental and health threat, but as the world heats up, they are becoming a much bigger and more hazardous problem, according to a new analysis ...

Since plastic began to be mass-produced in the 1950s, the material has been building up in the environment and in people’s bodies. These six graphs illustrate just how bad the problem has gotten, and ...

University of Portsmouth provides funding as a member of The Conversation UK. Thousands of tonnes of plastic pollution could be escaping into the environment every year … from our mouths. Most chewing ...

After three years of talks, and despite growing warnings about the dangers of plastics pollution, nations are at an impasse again over what to do about it. By Hiroko Tabuchi Negotiations over the ...

Michigan’s Grand Haven State Park is a little chilly for swimming and sand castles in early May, but the weather is perfect for a cleanup crew combing the shore of Lake Michigan. Volunteers working ...

Almost every week seems to bring a new report that plastic is even worse than had been thought for both human and planetary health. This week, it’s a paper in the Lancet that warns of a “grave, ...

The Philippines has pledged support for the IAEA's NUTEC initiative, using nuclear tech to monitor marine microplastics and ...