A new study has identified flame retardants, which are commonly used in electronic devices, in many household basics where ...

The U.S. is among 175 nations haggling over a treaty to reduce the vast quantity of plastic pollution that ends up in our ...

Black kitchen utensils, food containers and toys are often made using plastics recovered from e-waste. Researchers say that's ...

WWF finds the new draft text proposed by the INC-5 Chair failing to meet basic requirements needed for a strong globally ...

VPIRG is urging shoppers to avoid toxic plastic packaging products this holiday season. The agency reports that household ...

This week, the Intergovernmental Negotiating Committee (INC) is meeting in Busan, South Korea for the fifth and final round ...

Countries are hammering out a document that aims to “end plastic pollution” by not only improving how the world handles ...

More than 85 nations, including all 27 members of the European Union, are making a last-minute push to include caps on ...

Negotiators at the fifth round of talks aimed at securing an international treaty to curb plastic pollution were striving on Friday to speed up sluggish proceedings and reach a deal by a Dec. 1 ...

One point of agreement between plastics industry groups and environmental organizations is that neither side likes a U.S.

Negotiations over a U.N. treaty to cut plastics have been bogged down. Environmental groups blame the oil and gas industry.

Negotiators are gathering in South Korea in what’s billed as a final push to address the global crisis of plastic pollution ...