The measure falls under New Zealand’s Waste Minimisation Act and will require producers and importers to fund the collection, ...

An industry organization is pushing back after the U.S. reportedly announced that it will support a global treaty calling for a reduction in how much new plastic is produced. In a statement, Matt ...

Negotiators will take another stab at reaching a global pact on plastic pollution at talks opening Tuesday in Geneva but they face deep divisions over how to tackle the health and ecological hazard.

WASHINGTON — Petrochemical companies like those along the Houston Ship Channel have for nearly a decade invested billions of dollars in developing advanced recycling systems to curb the flow of ...

A proposal to fix this will go before lawmakers in January. The legislation was pre-filed in the House and Senate last month, and the first hearings are scheduled for Jan. 14 and 15. When the ...

GENEVA (AP) — A Swiss ocean protection group is handing out bars of soap to negotiators working on a global accord to end plastic pollution. The messaging on the cardboard box from the Geneva-based ...

FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE. SOME CALIFORNIA LAWMAKERS ARE PUSHING TO COMPLETELY BAN PLASTIC BAGS AT GROCERY STORES. RIGHT NOW, PEOPLE CAN BUY PLASTIC BAGS AT GROCERY STORES FOR $0.10, BUT LAWMAKERS WANT TO ...