Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Trash litters the banks of Ballona Creek in Culver City, Calif., after a storm. Citizen of the Planet/UIG via Getty Images Plastic ...

As the world looks to improve on all three pillars of sustainable development — economic, social and environmental — as the global population increases, countries work together to forge agreements ...

Mother Dairy has introduced India’s first biodegradable milk pouch, marking a major step towards sustainable packaging.

California is trying something no state has done before: requiring producers to dramatically reduce plastic packaging, ...

Inger Andersen, UNEP Executive Director, urges mobilizing finance, policy reform, and circular solutions to tackle plastic ...

Picture a pile of trash the size of Manhattan and taller than one and a half Empire State Buildings. That’s how much plastic ...

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Plastic pollution has become one of the most pressing environmental issues, thanks to the overwhelming rise in production of disposable plastic products. Plastic pollution is most visible in ...

A year has passed since Japan introduced mandatory charges to customers for each single-use plastic bag taken from retail ...

The Beer Snake—that magnificent slinky plastic stretch of hundreds of emptied beer cups stacked up by golf fans at the 16th party hole at the WM Phoenix Open—might be viewed as the poster child for ...