Plastic waste continues to pose an urgent global challenge. With 6 million tonnes entering oceans each ... combat plastic pollution and advance a circular plastics economy, translating commitments ...

You may have seen images of seabirds that have built their nests on discarded nets, lengths of rope and other plastic litter, ...

Straws might seem insignificant, but the plastic straw has come to symbolize a global pollution crisis over the past decade.

President Donald Trump in a new executive order inked on Monday encouraged the U.S. government and consumers to purchase ...

Countries negotiating a global treaty to curb plastic pollution failed to reach agreement ... waste is causing immense damage to the world’s oceans and marine life. Reducing the amount of ...

President Donald Trump is moving to reverse a federal push away from plastic straws, declaring that paper straws "don't work.

When the Great Lakes Water Quality Agreement was passed in the 1970s, eutrophication was the big problem. Eutrophication occurs when too many nutrients enter a body of water, increasing the amount of ...

Ropes and fishing gear used in the fisheries and aquaculture industries are a major source of microplastics in the ocean and littering along the ...