The negative consequences of plastic are everywhere and affect everyone. Microplastics are now found throughout our bodies, ...

The UN’s new statistical guideline makes plastic visible by tracking it consistently from production and consumption to waste ...

Plastic pollution is causing severe problems worldwide. However, negotiations at the United Nations in Geneva last August did ...

The Intergovernmental Negotiating Committee (INC) to develop an international legally binding instrument on plastic pollution, including in the marine environment, today elected Ambassador Julio ...

The Venerable Preah Sereikosol Som Sokha, senior adviser to the Supreme Patriarch of Cambodia and president of the Buddhist ...

Plastic pollution is causing severe problems worldwide. However, negotiations at the United Nations in Geneva last August did not result in the expected global plastics treaty. On 7 February 2026, the ...

Burning plastic waste for household fuel, or to manage household waste, may be far more prevalent in poor urban areas in ...

Plastic pollution is causing severe problems worldwide. However, negotiations at the United Nations in Geneva last August did not result in the ...

Plastic waste is shifting from environmental burden to a strategic resource as advanced materials turn industrial waste into ...

This Statistical Guideline aims to address the lack of a detailed, globally agreed statistical methodology for measuring plastic flows at the ...

From the coral-covered coastlines of Tonga to the remote sandy atolls of Tuvalu, microscopic synthetic fibers are ...

A survey of 26 countries found that 16% of respondents admit to burning plastic inside their own homes to manage waste or heat food.