Negotiators working on a treaty to address the global crisis of plastic pollution are discussing a new draft of the text that ...

A Swiss ocean protection group is handing out bars of soap to negotiators working on a global accord to end plastic pollution ...

A woman who works at a landfill in Dhaka has bloodtainted with 650 microplastic particles per millilitre. Read more at ...

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

Sri Lanka's Minister of Environment, Hon. Dr. Dammika Patabendi, is participating in the second part of the fifth session of the Intergovernmental Negotiating Committee (INC-5.2) on plastic pollution, ...

Representatives from 175 countries will gather in Geneva, Switzerland, in August for the final round of negotiations on a legally binding UN treaty to end plastic pollution. Non-governmental ...

The negotiations in Geneva must conclude with a treaty built on specific binding rules supported by the majority of countries to be able to effectively tackle global plastic pollution.

A new study reveals an alarming number of mechanisms throughout the life-cycle of plastic that could enhance or spread antimicrobial resistance.

Community-led research from UC Santa Barbara’s Benioff Ocean Science Laboratory spans three years, four continents ,and eight countries to reveal the scale of river plastic waste and offer solutions ...