From oil spills to plastic pollution and beyond, the Cartagena Convention demonstrates the power of regional cooperation to safeguard oceans. KINGSTON, Jamaica, March 18, 2026 /PRNewswire/ -- The ...

The world currently produces more than 50 million tonnes of “mismanaged” plastic waste each year, and some researchers project this flood of pollution into the environment will double by mid-century.

New research has shown that blue sharks’ intestines act like temporary holding tanks, trapping fibers long enough to build up significant amounts. Their epic migrations mean they can spread these ...

As final negotiations for an international plastics treaty get underway this week in Busan, South Korea, scientists warn that the global plastics crisis is far more dangerous than previously thought.

For two years, nations have worked to come up with a global agreement to tackle plastic pollution — a staggering problem with widespread implications for the planet and human health. The agreement ...

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GENEVA — Talks on a treaty to address the global crisis of plastic pollution in Geneva ended without an agreement Friday as the session was adjourned with plans to resume at a later date. Nations ...

UC Santa Barbara researchers and their colleagues estimate that without intervention, plastic pollution is on track to double by 2050. But in a study published in the journal Science, these same ...

Plastic pollution is a "grave, growing and under-recognized danger" to health that is costing the world at least $1.5 trillion a year, experts warned in a report on Monday. The new review of the ...

Encina Development Group LLC, The Woodlands, Texas, and Blue Planet Environmental Solutions Pte Ltd., Singapore, have signed a global memorandum of understanding (MoU) for the supply of plastic ...