Negotiations aimed at forging a global treaty on plastic pollution are being blocked by oil-producing countries and getting ...

The United States has sent letters to at least a handful of countries urging them to reject the goal of a global pact that ...

Plastic items are seen on Place des Nations in front of the European headquarters of the United Nations in Geneva, ...

Delegates from around the world are gathering in Geneva for a critical round of negotiations aimed at securing the first ...

World leaders are in Geneva this week trying to hammer out the world’s first legally binding treaty to tackle the plastic ...

Industry groups taking the floor at the opening of global plastics treaty talks touted recycling and innovation as solutions ...

Plastics are everywhere—they're even in you right now—and are making many of us sick. Now, global negotiators are fighting ...

Even if the jury on microplastics is still out, there is enough evidence of the harmful effects of chemical additives in plastics for the U.N. to act now.

Virgin resin production caps remain in the mix in the global plastics treaty talks, but there are signs at the start of the ...

Nations gather in Geneva Tuesday to try to complete a landmark treaty aimed at ending the plastic pollution crisis that ...

With plastic production projected to triple by 2060, pressure is mounting to secure a binding agreement that tackles the ...