Lawsuits and investigations across the country are exposing vulnerabilities in California's landmark single-use plastic law.

Plastic pollution is more than just trash on the beach. Marine plastic waste releases PFAS and heavy metals into the water of small freshwater lakes and ponds, at levels exceeding the threshold limits ...

California’s Plastic Pollution Prevention and Packaging Producer Responsibility Act, SB 54, requires producers of single-use packaging and plastic food serviceware sold in California to assume ...

A new analysis from California regulators explains how the state will meet legally binding plastic packaging reduction ...

Plastic bags tangled in trees. Takeout containers scattered along roadsides. Bottles clogging streams and waterways and washing up on beaches. Across the United States, plastic waste and pollution ...

The Federal Court for the District of Oregon will hear arguments on Friday, February 6, 2026 from plaintiffs National Association of Wholesaler-Distributors (NAW) and defendants Oregon Department of ...

GENEVA (AP) — A Swiss ocean protection group is handing out bars of soap to negotiators working on a global accord to end plastic pollution. The messaging on the cardboard box from the Geneva-based ...

Plastics don’t just pose a threat to the marine environment and people’s health; they jeopardize basic human rights. This is the framing that a growing number of legal experts, policymakers, and ...

As nations began a second week of negotiations Monday for a global accord to end plastic pollution, an artist heaped piles of plastic waste onto a large sculpture in front of the United Nations office ...

While the city and county mayors boast the projects they are undertaking to make Chattanooga more popular, such as the City In A Park initiative or the new Lookouts stadium, our public parks and ...

In early November, "millions" of black plastic beads began washing ashore on Camber Sands beach in East Sussex. On Nov. 8, the Guardian reported that local volunteers scrambled to the shoreline to ...

The Tribunal also observed that broader issues relating to plastic waste collection and the regulation of the Extended ...