Lehigh University’s Polymer Science & Engineering Department is marking its 50th anniversary with a full-day educational ...

Get your news from a source that’s not owned and controlled by oligarchs. Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily. Now, an alarming new study has found that even when plastic makes it to a recycling ...

Talks aimed at a global treaty to cut plastic pollution fizzled in Geneva this week, with no agreement to meaningfully reduce the harms to human health and the environment that come with the millions ...

The Plastics Industry Association says trans-Atlantic tariffs could put a more than $1 billion U.S. plastics trade surplus with Europe at risk. “The proposed EU tariffs are estimated to impact $5.9 ...

This story originally appeared on Grist and is part of the Climate Desk collaboration. Diplomats from around the world concluded nine days of talks in Geneva—plus a marathon overnight session that ...