It’s one of the biggest cooking weeks of the year for many families. Chances are there’s a well-used black plastic spatula, spoon or ladle near the stove. Scientists say it belongs in the trash.

For some, opening a joint bank account is a relationship milestone. And it can make life easier when it comes to paying shared bills and working towards common financial goals. But increasingly ...

Negotiators are gathering in Busan, South Korea, this week in a final push to forge a treaty to address the global crisis of plastic pollution. “We must end plastic pollution before plastic ...

South Korea is hosting the fifth and ostensibly final U.N. Intergovernmental Negotiating Committee (INC-5) meeting this week, after the previous round of talks in Ottawa in April ended without a ...

Starting Monday, more than 170 countries will converge in Busan, Republic of Korea, to negotiate a new legally binding global treaty to end plastic pollution, including marine pollution. This is the ...

Many nations hope to reduce the half a billion tons of plastic made each year. But pushback from plastic and oil producers, and Donald Trump’s election, could scuttle an agreement. By Hiroko ...

Instead, talks will be focused on chemicals of concern and other measures after petrochemical-producing nations such as Saudi Arabia and China strongly opposed efforts to target plastic production ...

Whether it's food packaging from a shop, or drinking juice from a plastic bottle, single-use plastics are a common part of life for many people. But it's a big issue for nature and the environment.

But the rise in popularity has led to an unintended consequence: Along with orange peels and eggshells, people are tossing twist ties, cling wrap, foam trays and other plastic food packaging into ...

The study's conclusion — that dangerous levels of flame-retardant chemicals had been found in a variety of plastic household items, including kitchen utensils — was alarming to many on social ...

A Garbage Patch is a vast, swirling zone where currents trap floating plastic, creating debris fields spanning hundreds to thousands of kilometres. Although high plastic concentration points are ...