As final global plastics treaty negotiations take place in Geneva, The Lancet elevates plastic pollution as a grave, global ...

Plastic items are seen on Place des Nations in front of the European headquarters of the United Nations in Geneva, ...

Lancet study reveals plastic pollution causes serious human health problems from factory production to waste disposal.

The second part of the fifth session of the Intergovernmental Negotiating Committee to develop an international legally ...

Ahead of the expected finalization of a UN global plastics treaty, a group of international experts calls for a greater focus ...

Wells (@dwallacewells), a writer for Opinion and a columnist for The New York Times Magazine, is the author of “The ...

In the study, which appeared in the journal One Earth, the scientists say that with plastic production projected to triple by 2060, "the most cost-effective and efficient way to prevent further ...

Most of the total plastic pollution in the ocean is floating plastic, and that’s what’s most problematic for marine life because it can readily be eaten. The new study estimated that in 2020 ...