NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — Delegates from United Nations member countries are considering proposals for a binding global treaty to curb plastic pollution. The U.N. Environment Assembly, meeting Feb ...

They issued their report in Nairobi on the sidelines of United Nations-led negotiations for a treaty aimed ... transportation and processing of the 8 billion tons of legacy plastic pollution, ...

Negotiators gathered in Busan, South Korea, on Monday in a final push to create a treaty to address the global crisis of plastic pollution. It's the fifth time the world's nations convene to craft ...

"This declaration sends a clear and strong message." Officials from 95 countries issue urgent call on pollution problem that ...

Countries could slash plastic pollution by 80% in less than two decades, according to a new report from the United Nations Environment Programme. CNN values your feedback 1.

Members of the United Nations are negotiating a treaty that's aimed at cutting plastic pollution globally. Shammi Mehra/AFP via Getty Images Plastic waste is everywhere.

Diplomats at a United Nations conference in Busan, South Korea, failed to reach agreement on the world’s first treaty to tackle plastic pollution on Sunday. They said they would reconvene in ...

Researchers find that nationwide policies to ban plastic bags may be paying off, with fewer showing up during coastal ...

SAN FRANCISCO, March 30, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- A new report by the UN Environment Programme (UNEP) and Azul highlights the impact of plastic pollution on already vulnerable populations around the ...

But today the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) is dropping an urgent report on the extraordinary environmental and human costs of plastic pollution, along with a road map for the world ...

Ahead of a groundbreaking treaty to reduce plastic pollution, a group of independent scientists fear that the United Nations is legitimizing industry-backed proposals such as chemical recycling ...

As plastic waste piles up in the world’s landfills, sewer systems and oceans, the United Nations has set a goal to reduce plastic pollution by 80 percent by the year 2040. Inger Andersen, head ...