Plastic pollution is particularly harmful because fish and other marine life often mistake it for food. Consuming ...

This story appears in the June 2019 issue of National Geographic magazine. After importing nearly half of the planet’s plastic recyclables for three decades, China barred the import of most ...

Tiny fragments found in the environment are increasing the rate of genetic transfer between bacteria 200-fold, Oxford ...

China introduced a plastic bag surcharge in 2008 in a bid ... The problem was dubbed “white pollution” and the government took action. It banned the production and use of thin plastic bags ...

And we are now facing an accelerating threat that transcends borders and puts everyone in harm's way. To end the plastic crisis, the UN plastic pollution treaty must introduce new global binding rules ...

Plastic pollution is building into a global crisis, affecting oceans, wildlife, and even our health. This video explores the ...

China is the largest producer of plastic ... It’s really just a declaration of a good intention—the intention to end ocean plastic pollution. In that way it’s less like the Paris Agreement ...

Russia and China block progress as production soars A draft resolution from Busan describes plastic pollution as a "serious environmental and human health problem." Studies link plastic production ...

Experts are to be convinced that paper-based packaging has the functionality required to protect products throughout the ...

More than 170 nations across the globe have backed a historic UN resolution to end plastic pollution, with an international legally binding agreement to be in place by 2024. The resolution at ...