CNET editor Gael Fashingbauer Cooper, a journalist and pop-culture junkie, is co-author of "Whatever Happened to Pudding Pops? The Lost Toys, Tastes and Trends of the '70s and '80s," as well as ...

Environment Minister Steven Guilbeault says the federal government is looking for homegrown solutions to deal with plastic waste as Ottawa hosts an international conference to develop a global ...

If governments can agree on a legally binding treaty that addresses not just how plastics are discarded, but also how much plastic is produced and how it is used, the treaty could become the most ...

April 22 (Reuters) - Global leaders will gather in Canada's capital this week to discuss progress in drafting a first-ever global treaty to rein in soaring plastic pollution by the end of the year.

BENTON HARBOR, Mich. -- New research from the Alliance for the Great Lakes shows that more than 80 percent of beach trash near these bodies of water is plastic. That plastic breaks down into ...

National Environment Management Authority (NEMA) on Monday, April 22, released a statement directing all waste providers to stop using plastic bags in the next 90 days NEMA further stated it has ...

Rima Sabina Aouf finds out if we can – and should – abolish plastic. Earth Day 2024 has the theme of "Planet vs Plastics", campaigning for "the end" of the material starting with a 60 per cent ...

Each day, the equivalent of 2,000 garbage trucks full of plastic are dumped into the world’s oceans, rivers and lakes, according to the United Nations Environment Programme. People are ...

The report also revealed that plastic for market needs, food wrapping, and packaging for consumers account for 61,000 metric tons of solid waste that are produced daily. Consumers ingest plastics ...

Booming sales of cold drinks at Starbucks have created a problem: growing amounts of plastic waste from the single-use cups that Frappuccinos, Refreshers, cold brews and other iced drinks are ...

We’ve all seen the heartbreaking images – turtles trapped in plastic rings, birds with stomachs full of bottle caps, and beaches littered with debris. But the horrors of plastic pollution go much ...

Britons are throwing away an estimated 1.7 billion pieces of plastic a week - with campaigners describing it as a crisis "out of control". The typical household disposes of 60 items of plastic ...