Inger Andersen, UNEP Executive Director, urges UNEA-7 to act boldly for a sustainable future, stressing that environmental ...

National Cotton Council initiative promotes natural fiber over synthetic materials to reduce microplastic health risks.

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Microplastics are already an environmental and health threat, but as the world heats up, they are becoming a much bigger and more hazardous problem, according to a new analysis ...

Scientists have long known that plastic waste is bad for marine animals. A new study quantifies how little ingested plastic it takes to be a lethal dose.

Despite clear evidence that plastic is clogging oceans and beaches and breaking down into microplastics that enter our bodies ...

A new Pew model tracking 52 plastics and seven microplastic sources shows the crisis accelerating, with health and climate ...

Within 15 years, a garbage truck’s worth of plastic could be entering our environment every second. Not every minute. Every second.

Ocean plastic has hit a critical point in 2025, threatening turtles, whales, and seabirds. See which solutions still offer hope.

Throwing your plastic bottles in the recycling bin may make you feel good about yourself, or ease your guilt about your ...

A Berkeley mathematician has designed a new, easy-to-use interactive tool to help countries reduce harmful greenhouse gases ...