After two years of dedicated negotiations, world leaders could not agree on a global plastics treaty to counter plastic ...

Plastics are causing widespread pollution on land and at sea, causing harm to human health and damaging vulnerable marine ...

Negotiators failed to reach an agreement on a legally binding global treaty to combat plastic pollution by the Sunday ...

More than 100 countries want the treaty to limit production as well as tackle cleanup and recycling, which is essential to ...

The failure of recent global talks in Busan, South Korea, to produce a landmark treaty to combat plastic pollution, has ...

Plastic pollution is a global crisis, choking oceans, killing wildlife, and contributing to climate change. Over 8 billion tons of plastic have been produced since 1950, with less than 10% being ...

Climate campaigners are calling the Scottish Government to take more decisive action on plastic pollution following the failure of a ...

For almost two years, countries have been trying to negotiate a United Nations treaty to rein in plastic pollution. The talks were supposed to end with an agreement, but that didn't happen.

The climate crisis is not a distant threat; it's happening right now and affecting what matters most to us. Hurricanes ...

The Bureau of International Recycling has expressed disappointment after the Global Plastics Treaty negotiations failed to ...

He lifted the order within hours after it incited protests. Members of South Korea’s opposition parties protesting at the National Assembly in Seoul on Wednesday. Chang W. Lee/The New York Times ...

Plastics only began to be produced in large quantities following the second world war – but plastic pollution has since become one of the most serious threats humanity faces. By 2015, 60% of all ...