Disposable plastics have profoundly reshaped the way we eat, shop, raise children and understand hygiene and progress.

A salty soup of seawater, microscopic pieces of plastic and marine debris. Those are the ingredients in the North Pacific Gyre, an ocean vortex estimated by Greenpeace to be the size of Texas, ...

Walmart will eliminate single-use paper and plastic carryout bags at the register from stores in New York, Connecticut and Colorado this month.

How much plastic is in the food you eat? Much more than you realize, experts say.

A sixth round of negotiations begins in Switzerland as evidence of the material’s harm mounts.

Vietnam is major importer in global plastic scrap trade It imports more plastic waste than it can recycle Excess plastic is dumped in landfills or released into environment MINH KHAI, Vietnam, Nov ...

Ghana's waste pickers brave mountains of plastic - and big industry.