Global plastics treaty talks collapse in Geneva, blocked by fossil fuel interests, raising climate and pollution concerns.

In 2024, a medical study detected microplastics embedded in arterial plaque, and those patients were far more likely to ...

Big Microplastic Survey gathers data from 39 countries, uncovering widespread nurdle and bio-bead contamination.

Troopers with Kentucky State Police (KSP) Post 1 are investigating after a woman was found unconscious on the bank of ...

The Guardian also reported that the life cycle of plastic from production to consumption dumped into landfills induces a ...

Extrupet turns recycling talk into action, driving PET recycling success in South Africa despite global treaty failures and ...

The proliferation of EPR schemes and plastic taxes, designed to promote circularity, require companies to take responsibility ...

Plastics SA urges practical, balanced solutions as treaty talks stall, highlighting SA’s progress in recycling and circular ...

Oil-producing countries favour limiting the treaty to waste management, while the EU and others push for stronger measures to ...

Deborah Barasa, the Kenyan negotiator, said despairingly at the time that the treaty had “lost its very objective… There are no global binding obligations on anything.” Fiji delegate Sivendra Michael ...

These risks don’t only emerge while fillings are in the mouth. A key concern is the microscopic plastic dust produced during ...

Benjamin Von Wong is a Canadian artist who has been turning plastic waste into spectacular constructions with global impact ...