On a Philippines beach, barefoot children jumped and played on shoals of plastic washed ashore in previous typhoons.

Plastic production largely took off in the 1950s and is credited with creating life-saving medical devices and safe food ...

Many nations hope to reduce the half a billion tons of plastic made each year. But pushback from plastic and oil producers, and Donald Trump’s election, could scuttle an agreement. By Hiroko ...

His current focus is plastic production and pollution's impact on our planet, and he is pushing for countries to agree on an ambitious internationally binding agreement to reduce plastic waste.

We revised the section on bottled water to more clearly reflect ongoing research about microplastic concentrations. Microplastics and nanoplastics are everywhere. The teeny tiny pieces of plastic ...

Among the many flying tips making the rounds in recent years on TikTok, there’s one that continues to pop up: how to get a ...

“In the ocean, plastic floats and covers coral reefs, while our beaches and islands are filled with plastic,” he said. He said that solving plastic pollution requires the cooperation of all parties, ...

But one sequence that is sure to leave audiences with the most questions is a rather insane set piece in which the Colosseum is filled with water and sharks. The gladiators enter the arena on a ...

But now that those lines are mainly functional, we are still waiting on potable water because the reservoir turbidity levels are so high that they cannot run the sediment-filled water through our ...

Starting Monday, more than 170 countries will converge in Busan, Republic of Korea, to negotiate a new legally binding global treaty to end plastic pollution, including marine pollution. This is the ...

Plastics only began to be produced in large quantities following the second world war – but plastic pollution has since become one ... biosolids and sewage sludge from wastewater treatment plants, and ...

In exchange, the Democrats dropped four nominees to appellate courts, including Mangi, leaving vacancies that Republican President-elect Donald Trump can fill. Majority Leader Chuck Schumer said ...