Britain has banned everything from plastic straws to cutlery, but one type of plastic pollution keeps washing up and shows no ...

A scavenger collects recyclable items including plastic from a dump site in Lahore, Pakistan, Thursday, Aug. 7, 2025. (AP Photo/K.M. Chaudary) GENEVA (AP) — Negotiations to reach a major treaty to end ...

An environmental advocacy group said going a day without using plastic is nearly impossible, which is exactly the problem.

Community-led research from UCSB’s Benioff Ocean Science Laboratory spans three years, four continents and eight countries to reveal the scale of river plastic waste and offer solutions to stop it at ...

Workers use razor blades to scrape off labels from different soft-drink plastic bottles at the Street Waste Company in Lagos, Nigeria, Monday, Aug 11, 2025. (AP Photo/Sunday Alamba) GENEVA (AP) — ...

GENEVA (AP) — Negotiations to reach a major treaty to end growing plastic pollution around the world fell apart on Friday, with delegates in Switzerland adjourning with no immediate plans to resume.