For the best experience, please enable JavaScript in your browser settings. A man who scavenges recyclable materials for a living, center, walks past Marabou storks ...

"Burning plastic releases harmful chemicals such as ... as they spend more time at home. "But the pollution doesn't just stay in households who burn it: it spreads across neighborhoods and cities ...

And we are now facing an accelerating threat that transcends borders and puts everyone in harm's way. To end the plastic crisis, the UN plastic pollution treaty must introduce new global binding rules ...

The plastic pollution crisis is undeniable – at least ... She says the smell of burning plastic frequently wafts in, and like her neighbours, she no longer collects rainwater due to dust ...

Pyrolysis can reduce the amount of plastic waste pollution that ends up in landfills and oceans, and also convert plastic ...

The IAEA is working with experts from all over the world to change that fate and protect marine life and the environment from plastic pollution. With its partners, the IAEA is researching and ...

At current rates plastic is expected to outweigh all the fish in the sea by 2050. Plastics pollution has a direct and deadly effect on wildlife. Thousands of seabirds and sea turtles, seals and other ...

The stench of smoke and burning plastic is a constant feature of life ... However, unlike in other prominent Asian cities battling pollution, such as Delhi or Bangkok, life in Hanoi goes on ...

Ghana faces a mounting waste crisis, with plastic pollution choking drains and fueling dangerous open-air burning. The country generates approximately 840,000 metric tonnes of plastic waste ...