Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Plastic nurdles at the beach in Sri Lanka. (NurPhoto via Getty Images) Britain has banned everything from plastic straws to ...

Plastic waste is projected to triple by 2060, with its use known to impact health and cause damage. It is a topic for world leaders meeting in Geneva, Switzerland, who this week have been discussing a ...

Inger Andersen, UNEP Executive Director, urges mobilizing finance, policy reform, and circular solutions to tackle plastic ...

It's easy to think of recycling as the solution to plastic pollution, but the vast majority of plastic waste now ends up in ...

Plastic may well be a useful everyday item, but its careless disposal in oceans and inland waterways is a pressing global problem. Plastic pollution poses a significant threat to human health and the ...

Plastic pollution has become one of the most pressing environmental issues, thanks to the overwhelming rise in production of disposable plastic products. Plastic pollution is most visible in ...

Plastic pollution is a "grave, growing and under-recognized danger" to health that is costing the world at least $1.5 trillion a year, a report published Monday in the Lancet medical journal said. The ...

Plastic pollution is choking the ocean, but sustainable alternatives - including seaweed - remain held back by tariffs, ...

The plant might seem an unlikely poster child for the fight against plastic pollution, but cement kilns are central to the ...

Plastic pollution remains one of the world’s most challenging environmental problems. Plastic pollution has been found everywhere on Earth, from the highest mountain peaks to the deepest parts of the ...

Russian scientists have proposed a new way to detect plastic debris hidden under the surface of the ocean. The method is ...

By Malaka Rodrigo COLOMBO — Sri Lanka banned the purchase and use of single-use plastic water bottles in all government ...