It’s one of the biggest cooking weeks of the year for many families. Chances are there’s a well-used black plastic spatula, spoon or ladle near the stove. Scientists say it belongs in the trash.

Documents leaked from an industry group show how plastics companies are pushing back against a “tide of anti-plastic sentiment.” By Hiroko Tabuchi Paid influencers on TikTok. An infomercial ...

Busan, 25 November 2024 – The fifth session of the Intergovernmental Negotiating Committee to develop an international legally binding instrument on plastic pollution, including in the marine ...

Many nations hope to reduce the half a billion tons of plastic made each year. But pushback from plastic and oil producers, and Donald Trump’s election, could scuttle an agreement. By Hiroko ...

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That’s the alarming message from a new study published in the journal Chemosphere. Cooking with any plastic utensil has long been seen as worrisome because heat can cause chemicals in the ...

The moment of truth is almost upon us. In just ten days, the world will gather in Busan, Republic of Korea, to begin the final round of negotiations on a legally binding instrument to end plastic ...

Meanwhile, plastic pollution could nearly double, reaching 121 million metric tons, according to the study. In such a business-as-usual scenario, the world would amass sufficient waste between ...

Scores are stagnating or increasing at less than half of the required rate for some indicators, including managing municipal solid waste, production-based air pollution, and exports of plastic waste.