If all goes according to plan, by the end of the year, some 170 countries will finalize the world’s first legally binding treaty to curtail plastic pollution. Its success will depend in no small part ...

A new study from the University shines a light on the enormous scale of uncollected rubbish and open burning of plastic waste in the first ever global plastics pollution inventory. University of Leeds ...

In May 2021, a container ship called the X-Press Pearl caught fire off the coast of Sri Lanka and then sank into the Indian Ocean. The vessel was carrying billions of tiny plastic pellets called ...

A study released in Science determines that just four policies can reduce mismanaged plastic waste—plastic that isn't recycled or properly disposed of and ends up as pollution—by 91% and ...

ILOILO — Transforming from a previous offender into an active partner of the Department of Environment and Natural Resources ...

The investment is aimed at further strengthening Plastic Bank’s capacity to expand its waste collection infrastructure, increase recycling capabilities and scale its impact. Image courtesy of The ...

This story is a partnership between Inside Climate News and CBS News. HOUSTON—When the news crew showed up outside a waste-handling business that’s failed three fire safety inspections and has yet to ...

KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Residents of the Kansas City metro can now recycle plastic and paper to-go cups, the Mid-America Regional ...