The Promising New Laws That Can Help Cut Plastic Pollution

Seven states have adopted Extended Producer Responsibility laws to make companies pay for their plastic. One industry leader ...

Plastic pollution disrupts recovery of threatened coral reefs

A University of Hawai'i at Mānoa graduate's new research reveals that plastic pollution poses a significant, unseen threat to ...
Santa Barbara Independent

How Plastic Pollution Flows from Rivers to Oceans — and How to Stop It

Rivers carry plastic across continents, so scientists tracked its movement across continents too. A sweeping new UC Santa Barbara-led study spanning four continents and eight countries has amassed one ...
Phys.org

Plastic pollution 'grave and growing' health threat: Lancet

Plastic pollution is a "grave, growing and under-recognized danger" to health that is costing the world at least $1.5 trillion a year, experts warned in a report on Monday. The new review of the ...
PBS

Plastic pollution treaty talks deadlocked as negotiations draw to a close

GENEVA (AP) — Negotiations on a global treaty to end plastic pollution are drawing to a close Thursday, as nations remain deadlocked over whether to tackle the exponential growth of plastic production ...