A CPCB report dated February 3 highlighted that faecal coliform levels at all monitored locations were above the permissible ...

Nanoplastics -- plastic particles smaller than 1 m -- are widely dispersed because of their low weight. A research team now shows the extent to which glaciers at an altitude of more than 3,000 m in ...

Plastic pollution backgrounder - Links to UN organizations, documents, publications, speeches and statements, UN conferences and observances ...

It has been more than two months since we boarded a plastics industry tanker in Daesan, South Korea, to highlight the urgent ...

Researchers found nanoplastic contamination in Alpine glaciers, tracing the particles back to ocean waves and urban pollution ...

Over the past decade, the plastic straw came to symbolize a global pollution crisis. Here's more about the larger fight over ...

When Elaine C. was seven years old, her parents became so worried about her speech that they approached a psychiatrist.

The Madampitiya dump site, with waste piling up to about 15 metres in height, poses a serious threat to nearby residents, a municipal official has warned.

If only the story had ended there. Despite that legislative success, the poorer nations of the world have never stopped being ...

U.S. President Donald Trump on Monday signed an executive order aimed at encouraging the U.S. government and consumers to buy plastic drinking straws, pushing back efforts by his predecessor to phase ...

Maha Kumbh 2025 has witnessed several innovative initiatives aimed at environmental protection and cleanliness. The Jal Kalash initiative has emerged as a major attraction among them. Established at ...