Amid a global plastic-pollution crisis, artist Erik Jon Olson turns his own plastic waste into quilted works of art in which ...

With no action, plastic waste could nearly double. Researchers say just four policies could cut plastic pollution 90 percent by 2050. With no action, plastic waste could nearly double.

HOUSTON, Tex.—When the news crew showed up outside a waste-handling business that's failed three fire safety inspections and has yet to gain state approval to store plastic, workers quickly ...

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.

Plastic Free July.is a global initiative is helping reduce future plastic waste. The award-winning campaign helps people change their behaviors to end plastic waste. Ted Lindner shares ways we can ...

Without intervention, global plastic waste could double by 2050, a new machine learning study predicts. However, according to simulations by the study’s authors, a mix of policy interventions ...