Remarks given by UNEP's Inger Andersen at discussions on the Intergovernmental Science-Policy Panel on Chemicals, Waste and Pollution (ISP-CWP), a major milestone for global environmental governance.

Open Access Government explores the issue of water pollution and its severe implications for public health and the ...

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 ...

A new study explores waste management systems and reveals that achieving zero waste leakage by 2030 is unlikely, potentially jeopardizing related Sustainable Development Goals. The authors emphasize ...

Leaders from around the world have gathered in Busan, South Korea this week in hopes of finally striking a global treaty to reduce the world’s growing level of plastic pollution. Negotiations began ...

The National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine will establish a Roundtable on Plastics that will provide a forum for examining issues associated with national efforts to reduce plastic ...

Purdue University is committed to preserving a balance between protecting the health of people and the environment, while accommodating increasingly sophisticated and productive research operations.

Sewage pollution in the Thames has been a problem for centuries. A new art installation at Science Gallery London explores the history, engineering, geography and science of human waste in the river.

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The Municipal Corporation of Gurugram (MCG) has intensified enforcement under the Graded Response Action Plan (Grap) to make the city cleaner and curb pollution during winters. Officials said the ...