Every day, the equivalent of 2,000 garbage trucks full of plastic are dumped into the world's oceans, rivers, and lakes. Plastic pollution is a global problem. Every year 19-23 million tonnes of ...

Plastic pollution is one of the rapidly growing major environmental concerns worldwide. In our country, it has become a serious environmental challenge as well. We are one of the top countries in ...

Plastic pollution has emerged as a critical environmental issue in Bangladesh, exacerbated by rapid urbanization, inadequate waste management infrastructure, and a lack of widespread recycling ...

(Getty Images/iStockphoto) The research, presented at the Society for Maternal-Fetal Medicine’s annual meeting in Denver, raised urgent questions about the role of plastic pollution in pregnancy ...

The reelection of Donald J. Trump complicates US involvement in the plastics treaty. Plastic pollution is still a big topic in 2025 and one that’s not as close to being resolved as many ...

Global investments in tackling plastic pollution reached $190bn between 2018 and 2023, according to the World Economic Forum. While this financial commitment underscores growing efforts to address ...

INFORMATION on plastic pollution provided by United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) should give all humans cause for great concern. “Every day, the equivalent of 2,000 garbage trucks full ...

From coastlines to capital cities, healthcare workers are warning about the immediate need for a treaty to end plastic pollution. The danger of a global health disaster is at its highest level as ...

Geoscientists conducted the analyses, which revealed that human activity ... Low-Level Traffic Air Pollution Linked to Liver Damage and Fatty Liver Disease Jan. 31, 2025 — Low levels of traffic ...

In California, new regulations under the state’s SB54 Plastic Pollution Prevention and Packaging Producer Responsibility Act came into force at the beginning of this year, which effectively bans ...

If we take a closer look at the failure of international efforts to combat plastic pollution, exemplified by the Fifth UN Intergovernmental Negotiating Committee (INC-5), one thing stands out ...