Countries could slash plastic pollution by 80% in less than two decades, according to a new report from the United Nations Environment Programme. CNN values your feedback 1.

Diplomats at a United Nations conference in Busan, South Korea, failed to reach agreement on the world’s first treaty to tackle plastic pollution on Sunday. They said they would reconvene in ...

China may be the world’s largest manufacturer of plastic, the report finds, but the United States is by far the world’s largest generator of plastic waste—it produced about 42 million metric ...

Members of the United Nations are negotiating a treaty that's aimed at cutting plastic pollution globally. Shammi Mehra/AFP via Getty Images Plastic waste is everywhere.

The U.S. and 174 other nations failed to agree on a new treaty to reduce the plastic pollution contaminating our environment, food, water, and even our bodies.

NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — Delegates from United Nations member countries are considering proposals for a binding global treaty to curb plastic pollution. The U.N. Environment Assembly, meeting Feb ...

They issued their report in Nairobi on the sidelines of United Nations-led negotiations for a treaty aimed ... transportation and processing of the 8 billion tons of legacy plastic pollution, ...

The United Nations approved a landmark agreement to create the world’s first-ever global plastic pollution treaty on Wednesday, describing it as the most significant environmental deal since the ...

Ahead of a groundbreaking treaty to reduce plastic pollution, a group of independent scientists fear that the United Nations is legitimizing industry-backed proposals such as chemical recycling ...

Researchers find that nationwide policies to ban plastic bags may be paying off, with fewer showing up during coastal ...

For the avoidance of doubt, let’s first clarify the meaning of the term “single-use plastics” in the context of this article. We’re talking specifically about products like plastic bottles ...