Remarks given by UNEP's Inger Andersen at discussions on the Intergovernmental Science-Policy Panel on Chemicals, Waste and ...

A new study explores waste management systems and reveals that achieving zero waste leakage by 2030 is unlikely, potentially jeopardizing related Sustainable Development Goals. The authors emphasize ...

As the world desperately searches for a way out of its global climate change and plastic pollution crises, nations are ...

The ubiquitous plastic beverage bottle makes up about half of plastic waste collected for recycling in the U.S. Most recycled ...

Open Access Government explores the issue of water pollution and its severe implications for public health and the ...

A new study from the University shines a light on the enormous scale of uncollected rubbish and open burning of plastic waste in the first ever global plastics pollution inventory. University of Leeds ...

Multiple medical facilities have been improperly disposing of bodily waste, according to Ramsey/Washington Recycling & Energy ...

California’s attorney general has announced a first-of-its kind investigation into the fossil fuel and petrochemical industries for their alleged role in causing and exacerbating a global crisis in ...

If the world embarked on an immediate and globally-coordinated effort to reduce our plastic consumption, there would still be an estimated 710 million metric tons of plastic that will pollute the ...

Air pollution has emerged as a serious threat to public health in Bangladesh. Emissions from vehicles, brick kilns, industrial facilities and waste burning are steadily deteriorating air quality ...

Towards the end of the year, the season changes in northern India. Cold weather begins to set in and the air gets thick with smoke. After their winter harvest, millions of farmers clear the leftover ...