How will you commit to reducing your plastic waste this month?” writes columnist Tracey Weiss. “Try one new habit. Inspire a ...

It has always perplexed me that single-use plastic constitutes about 40% of global plastic production, yet conversations ...

Companies are stepping up efforts to cut waste from flexible plastic packaging as new environmental rules target one of the ...

It’s advertised as safer and more environmentally friendly than plastic. Silicone sandwich bags, muffin tins, ice cube trays, ...

As global concern over plastic pollution intensifies, a growing share of the problem is tied not to where waste is discarded, ...

You brush twice daily, floss religiously and see your dentist every six months. But what if these acts of oral hygiene are quietly contributing to one of the planet's most pressing environmental ...

Plastic is a product that is ubiquitous in today's society, says Sarah Morath, Wake Forest professor of law and author of the book "Our Plastic Problem and How to Solve It." The World Bank estimates ...

Have you ever stopped to think about what happens to those little orange pill bottles after you finish your prescription? Every year, around 200 billion of these bottles are produced worldwide, and ...

Unless you’ve been living under a rock, you’ve probably picked up on a growing anxiety around plastic pollution. What does all this plastic pollution mean for the health of people and the planet? And ...

Delegates from nearly every country gathered in Canada this week to hammer out the details of a global treaty to address ballooning plastic pollution. One source of division at the summit, which ...

One of the biggest environmental issues in our modern world is plastic, which has become integral in the manufacturing of everything from electronics to furniture. Our reliance on plastic has led to a ...

Our world is increasingly plastic. Back in the 1950s, humanity produced just 5 million metric tons of plastic per year; today it’s 400 million metric tons. Since plastic can take hundreds or thousands ...