To end the plastic crisis, the UN plastic pollution treaty must introduce new global binding rules to regulate production and consumption. These rules must include measures to ban, phase-out, ...

If you don’t understand the scale of a problem, how can you effectively take steps to address it? How can you know what is ...

Why is plastic pollution a problem? Plastic pollution is the most visible example of the havoc we’re causing to our planet. From our local beaches to the remote Arctic, it is choking our oceans and ...

You see photos of plastic pollution in the ocean, but it can be hard to connect that to the plastic you're buying and using every day. Here are three ways the plastic you throw away can end up in the ...

Troy Mayne / WWF The health, resilience and productivity of marine and coastal ecosystems is increasingly affected by pollution, including land-based nutrient, pesticide and plastic pollution. WWF and ...

It also claimed most plastic pollution comes from inadequate collection ... A report published last month by the World Wildlife Fund (WWF) also highlighted concerns about chemical-based ways ...

“WWF calls on countries to unite on the necessary binding upstream measures to end plastic pollution, develop the lists of products and chemicals to be banned, and to conclude the negotiation ...

Plastic pollution has emerged as a critical environmental issue in Bangladesh, exacerbated by rapid urbanization, inadequate ...

Eirik Lindebjerg, global plastics policy lead at WWF, an environmental NGO, had little patience for the failure, "We know what we need to do to end plastic pollution... simply adding more meetings ...

According to the WWF, the coastline of Cilicia in south-east Turkey has the highest plastic pollution in the Mediterranean with 31.3 kg of debris per kilometre. The other hotspots it lists are ...

Microplastics in the ocean are a serious problem for wildlife, like sea turtles in Texas. Companies creating the problem ...

Plastic pollution is so ubiquitous that it has been ... Busan needs to be a refuge from further nature and climate inaction," the WWF warned Monday. Key to any accord will be the United States ...