"Recycling doesn’t sustainably prevent plastic waste from ending up in the environment," argues Judith Enck.

Countries were to start the clock on 10 days of talks aimed at hammering out a landmark global treaty on combating the scourge of plastic. Countries were to start the clock Tuesday on 10 days of talks ...

Imagine waking up one morning and stepping outside to find the sky hidden behind a thick grey haze. The trees look dull, the ...

CLEVELAND, Ohio – In 2014, Sherri Mason ventured out onto Lake Erie aboard the U.S. EPA’s Lake Guardian research vessel and ...

Single-use plastic would be phased out of all U.S. government operations by 2035 under a new federal plastics pollution strategy unveiled Friday by President Joe Biden’s administration, which cited a ...

(The Hill) – Five companies are responsible for a quarter of all plastic waste worldwide, according to a study published in the journal Science Advances. The study, conducted by the Moore Institute ...

Plastic waste is piling up at a daunting pace around the world. The World Bank estimates that every person on the planet generates an average of 1.6 pounds (0.74 kilograms) of plastic waste daily. To ...

The EPA has released the National Strategy to Prevent Plastic Pollution, a six-part strategy to eliminate the release of plastic waste by 2040. In November 2024, the U.S. Environmental Protection ...

DHAKA, Dec 1, 2025 (BSS) - Environment, Forest and Climate Change Adviser Syeda Rizwana Hasan today said city corporation ...

Syeda Rizwana Hasan urges city corporation officials to take greater responsibility for improving urban waste management.

People are still allowed to use confetti and gas-filled balloons if the confetti is biodegradable, and if the balloons are ...

Countries were to start the clock Tuesday on 10 days of talks aimed at hammering out a landmark global treaty on combating the scourge of plastic pollution. Three years of negotiations hit the wall in ...