Negotiators will take another stab at reaching a global pact on plastic pollution at talks opening Tuesday in Geneva but they face deep divisions over how to tackle the health and ecological hazard.

State Democrats are renewing their push for a measure that would reduce the amount of plastic big businesses use to package food and other products after falling short on the final day of last year’s ...

GENEVA—Global talks on curbing dangerous plastics pollution ended early Friday without agreement on a comprehensive treaty. Divisions over whether to mandate enforceable limits on plastic production ...

Talks to create the world’s first legally binding treaty to tackle plastic pollution went into overtime on Thursday, with talks adjourned to the following day. But with just 30 minutes left in the ...

Delegates from 184 countries met in Geneva Tuesday to resume negotiations in the last scheduled opportunity to halt the escalating plastic pollution crisis through a legally binding global agreement.

Efforts to curb plastic waste in the United States are accelerating, with a growing number of cities and municipalities enacting bans on the sale of single-use plastic water bottles. These localized ...

Talks kicked off on Tuesday in Geneva, Switzerland, to try to complete a landmark treaty aimed at ending the plastic pollution crisis. It’s the sixth time negotiators are meeting, and they hope it ...

A new study offers the first estimate of nanoplastic pollution in the ocean. There’s a lot. By Sachi Kitajima Mulkey What do human brains, placentas and dolphin breath have in common? Signs of plastic ...

GENEVA, Aug 14 (Reuters) - Talks to create the world's first legally binding treaty to tackle plastic pollution went into overtime on Thursday, with talks adjourned to the following day. Countries ...