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Plastics and the Environment
Explore the latest strategic trends, research and analysis
Explore the latest strategic trends, research and analysis
Consumers are always chasing the best products, from better cameras to more storage. Yet constant upgrades have created a growing global e-waste challenge.
Scientists have found evidence of tiny synthetic fibres which are consumed by sea creatures and could cause further damage to the fragile Arctic ecosystem.
The High Ambition Coalition for Nature and People was launched last year and aims to protect the Earth's natural systems, plants and animals.
Viet Nam has joined with the World Economic Forum and WWF-Viet Nam to launch the Viet Nam National Plastic Action Partnership to fight plastic pollution.
A new study published in Nature Communications, shows that Greenland’s ice sheet could melt faster than previously thought over the 21st century.
Indonesia's plan to eliminate plastic pollution by 2040 is the most ambitious one yet. We talk to local experts and campaigners about how it can be done.
Here are some of the most striking environmental moments of the year, captured by photographers around the world.
Using this high-resolution map, we can visualize the impact humans have had on almost 95% of the Earth's surface.
In 2014, governments, companies, NGOs and Indigenous groups committed to a series of goals to protect forests, but in 2020, we're further from meeting them than we were six years ago.
The secondhand clothing industry has boomed in recent years, which is good news for the environment, as the fashion industry is one of the world's biggest polluters.
Imaginative design and new materials are the key to more sustainable products – and an end to plastic waste.
Some 80 million gloves are used COVID-19 health workers every month, yet the synthetic rubber they're mostly made from stays in landfill for 100 years.
A circular economy could help the world recover financially from COVID-19, researchers from the University of Warwick say. It could also help nations achieve their net-zero carbon emissio...
In 2017, Kenya passed the world’s toughest ban on single-use plastic bags. Judi Wakhungu, Minister for Environment and Natural Resources at the time, discusses the impact the ban has had.
Plastic waste doesn’t have to be wasted – now it’s being used to build homes in Africa in a pioneering partnership between the UN and Othalo of Norway.