World Environment Day 2025, hosted by the Republic of Korea, will spotlight the urgent need to beat plastic pollution. The ...

As the debate over plastic straws roars back to life amid President Donald Trump’s efforts to end a Biden-era phaseout of the ubiquitous drinking utensil, some may wonder: Do you even need to be ...

In 2019, the world’s largest oil and petrochemical companies launched the Alliance to End Plastic Waste, branding it as a $1.5 billion solution to the escalating crisis of plastic pollution. On paper, ...

Using breakthrough technology, they've come up with a promising solution to a huge problem. "We're using the natural polymers which is the plastic-like quality of seaweed to replace flexible films ...

The World Wildlife Fund estimates that a single plastic straw takes 200 years to decompose. “Plastics are increasing exponentially, and we have no end of life solution to them. We’re just ...

The World Wildlife Fund estimates that a single plastic straw takes 200 years to decompose. “Plastics are increasing exponentially, and we have no end-of-life solution to them. We’re just ...

Producing more sustainable materials instead of plastic could be part of the solution, but Odhiambo is not convinced that the continent’s manufacturing sector can currently support such a shift.

Negotiators from dozens of countries are in Busan, South Korea, trying to hammer out a global treaty to cut down on plastic pollution. It's their last chance before an end-of-year deadline to ...

The World Bank estimates that every person on the planet generates an average of 1.6 pounds of plastic waste daily. Morath explains the extent of the problem and why solutions are so difficult.