Scientists are urging governments to act immediately on plastic pollution, warning that waiting for a binding Global Plastics ...

Talks aimed at striking a landmark global treaty on plastic pollution fell apart Friday without agreement, as countries ...

Inger Andersen, UNEP Executive Director, urges UNEA-7 to act boldly for a sustainable future, stressing that environmental ...

South Korea will prohibit manufacturers and retailers from attaching labels to bottled drinking water from 1 January in a ...

Under the plan, the use of disposable paper cups will first be phased out at large-scale restaurants. Read more at ...

Move brings 18 toy categories under extended producer responsibility rules as Seoul steps up efforts to cut plastic wastes.

SEOUL — South Korea talks tough on plastic, but hesitates when it comes to binding global rules. At UN-led treaty negotiations in Geneva this summer, Seoul drew fire for resisting stronger measures to ...

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.

Climate change conditions turn plastics into more mobile, persistent, and hazardous pollutants. This is done by speeding up plastic breakdown into microplastics—microscopic fragments of ...

Every year, around 20 million tonnes of plastic end up in the ocean, rivers, and lakes — disrupting ecosystems and livelihoods. NUclear TEChnology for Controlling Plastic Pollution (NUTEC Plastics), ...

Today, the Council adopted the regulation on preventing the loss of plastic pellets into the environment, following a provisional agreement with the European Parliament. The new regulation aims to ...