Santa Barbara Independent

How Plastic Pollution Flows from Rivers to Oceans — and How to Stop It

Rivers carry plastic across continents, so scientists tracked its movement across continents too. A sweeping new UC Santa Barbara-led study spanning four continents and eight countries has amassed one ...
CNN

You’ve already stopped using plastic straws. Here’s how to cut more plastic from your life

More than 400 million metric tons of plastic is produced annually, and only a small fraction is recycled. The rest ends up in landfills, or leaks into the natural environment, which is impacting ...
Democracy Now

Kitchen Nightmare: How Plastic in Everyday Objects Leaches into Food, Hurting Human Health, Environment

This is viewer supported news. Please do your part today. Judith, can you take us through your kitchen and tell us what you did, since you’re so concerned about plastic? JUDITH ENCK: Sure. The kitchen ...
PBS

New study highlights 'grave, growing' danger of plastic pollution to world's health

In Geneva, negotiators from 175 nations are trying to hammer out the first-ever legally binding treaty on plastic pollution. The urgency of the talks was underscored this week by a new study published ...
CNN

Global plastic treaty talks end in failure as countries remain bitterly divided over how to tackle the crisis

Talks to finalize the world’s first treaty on plastic pollution in Geneva, Switzerland collapsed in failure Friday as countries remained bitterly divided how to tackle the crisis. The summit, held at ...