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Deadlocked plastic treaty talks will lead to renewed negotiations in 2025
Charles Pekow
10 Dec 2024
Desalination plants proposed for Texas Gulf Coast spur broad opposition
Erik Hoffner
27 Nov 2024
Thousands of chemicals from food packaging found in humans, a major study reveals
Rita Aksenfeld
25 Nov 2024
Plastic pollution pushing Earth past all nine planetary boundaries: Report
Alden Wicker
25 Nov 2024
Microplastics are sickening and killing wildlife, disrupting Earth systems
Sharon Guynup
21 Nov 2024
The plastics crisis is now a global human health crisis, experts say
Alden Wicker
19 Nov 2024
How ‘waste colonialism’ underpins Asia’s plastic problem (commentary)
Coleen Salamat
18 Nov 2024
As global fire risk rises, modern homes become toxic plastic traps
Alden Wicker
14 Nov 2024
U.S. toughens stance on plastics production in run-up to key treaty summit
Charles Pekow
5 Nov 2024
Startups replace plastics with mushrooms in the seafood industry
Claire Turrell
29 Oct 2024
Bangladesh’s new government implements strong measures to eliminate single-use plastic
Abu Siddique
2 Oct 2024
In the battle against plastic pollution, Asia’s informal workers are critical allies (commentary)
Annerieke Douma
2 Oct 2024
What will the Brazilian food industry do about plastic packaging?
Ellen Nemitz
19 Sep 2024
Biden-Harris Administration must strengthen position on plastic reduction treaty (commentary)
Tim Grabiel
27 Aug 2024
Most ‘compostable’ bioplastics are anything but, says new report
Alden Wicker
31 Jul 2024
Saving Lake Victoria from plastic: Interview with Kenya’s teenage Muchilwa siblings
Juliet Akoth Ojwang
31 Jul 2024
Mongabay investigation is turned into art for World Press Freedom Day event
Karla Mendes
27 May 2024
Can the circular economy help the Caribbean win its war against waste?
Sandra Weiss
20 May 2024
Scientists explore nature’s promise in combating plastic waste
Claire Asher
8 May 2024
As plastic talks wrap up in Canada, fishers in Indonesia count the costs
Falahi Mubarok, Yogi Eka Sahputra
8 May 2024
At its fourth summit, 170 nations strive toward a global plastics treaty by 2025
Charles Pekow
7 May 2024
Plastic pollution talks end & Arctic peoples return home to a ‘sink’ of plastic
Sonam Lama Hyolmo
7 May 2024
Bioplastics as toxic as regular plastics; both need regulation, say researchers
Alden Wicker
22 Apr 2024
Pollution poses big risks to global clean water supplies, study shows
Sean Mowbray
6 Mar 2024
Scientists and doctors raise global alarm over hormone-disrupting chemicals
Alden Wicker
4 Mar 2024
Planetary boundary pioneer Johan Rockström awarded 2024 Tyler Prize
Glenn Scherer
29 Feb 2024
Pakistan bucks global trend with 30-year mangrove expansion
Ayaz Khan
5 Feb 2024
Communities on troubled Java river mold future from plastic waste
Donny Iqbal
1 Feb 2024
New AI model helps detect and identify microplastics in wastewater
Abhishyant Kidangoor
16 Jan 2024
As the world swims in plastic, some offer an answer: Ban the toxic two
Alden Wicker
2 Jan 2024
In 2023, Mongabay’s reporting fellows covered Earth amid crisis — and hope
Karen Coates
27 Dec 2023
Chemical recycling of plastic not so fantastic, report finds
Elizabeth Claire Alberts
24 Nov 2023
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