More than a dozen countries took part in informal talks, organized by Norway, aimed at unblocking negotiations to stem a ...

Enzymes found in landfills around the world may be able to break down plastic waste. Some 11 billion metric tons of plastic ...

Banning plastic grocery bags ... risks increasing the use of alternatives that end up doing even more environmental damage, ...

A new era of 3D-printing “microfactories” is helping to turn waste plastics into “highly competitive” products fit for use in ...

Zambia is trapped between a rock and a hard place, though, because it is more than $4 billion in debt to China. Countries such as Zambia, Sri Lanka, and Djibouti have found themselves exploited by the ...

Samples came from China, Italy, Canada, Great Britain ... plastic may not be forever—and landfill bacteria can help shorten the life of plastic pollution.

Piles of Chinese-made plastics are now an inescapable part of Zimbabwe’s landscape, and corruption is making it impossible to ...

A new threat is here, and scientists say there's no way to stop it, as even remote parts of the world are seeing microplastic ...

The world is facing a plastic crisis, with millions of tons of plastic waste generated every year. Despite efforts to increase recycling rates, the reality is grim: only 9% of the world's plastic ...

A U.S. judge on Wednesday pressed President Donald Trump's administration for evidence of fraud, waste and abuse in a $20 ...

Researchers estimated that each bag of IV fluid could deliver about 7,500 microplastics directly into the bloodstream. That would rise to about 25,000 particles to treat dehydration or 52,500 for ...

President Donald Trump's decision to pause Biden-era green manufacturing loans has one company suspending some plastics ...