Every year, more than 8 million tons of plastic enter the ocean - bags, cups, straws, and many other items from the daily ...

It's high time we admit one clear fact: the world is drowning more and more in plastic. Over the past 70 years, the volume of ...

Plastic waste is one of the biggest global environmental crises and concrete actions need to be taken to reduce it. A lot of ...

Plastic is everywhere — and yet some people ... “Compared to 10 years ago, it’s a whole new world.” The Associated Press' climate and environmental coverage receives financial support ...

Plastic use keeps rising rapidly while recycling struggles. Incineration grows steadily, but it may harm more than help.

A new cardboard design by three New York teenagers, inspired by kirigami, could help make plastic-free shipping a reality. It just won a $12,500 prize.

Plastics have also eased the world’s reliance on older materials, and on the living beings from which many of them came.

Plastic is everywhere — and yet some people ... “Compared to 10 years ago, it’s a whole new world.” ...