Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Plastic trash accumulates in trees and shrubs along the Los Angeles River. Citizen of the Planet/Education Images/Universal Images ...

Regulators have spent tens of millions subsidizing ‘advanced’ recycling facilities, which release carcinogens and give off more greenhouse gases than making plastic from crude oil. Last year, I became ...

Despite global concerns over the accumulation of plastic waste, the drive to produce new plastics shows no signs of slowing down. According to OECD data, the world’s annual plastic production has ...

Editor’s note: This story was originally published by Grist. It appears here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration. What was supposed to be the final round of United Nations negotiations for a ...