For the latest report in our "Eye on Earth" series, CBS News correspondent Debora Patta went to Kenya to learn about a creative approach to addressing the scourge of plastic pollution. Nairobi — ...

It's high time we admit one clear fact: the world is drowning more and more in plastic. Over the past 70 years, the volume of ...

How climate crisis is creating hellish conditions for waste pickers at Nairobi dump declared ‘full’ 24 years ago - ON THE ...

NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — Efforts to create a landmark treaty to end global plastic pollution advanced Monday in Kenya's capital as nations, plus petrochemical companies, environmentalists and others ...

Plastic is everywhere, not just in our rivers and oceans. It permeates the air, soil, and even our bodies. The problem is ...

Why is Christian Science in our name? Our name is about honesty. The Monitor is owned by The First Church of Christ, Scientist, and we’ve always been transparent about that. The church publishes the ...

The UN's environment chief insists that a landmark global treaty tackling plastic pollution remains achievable, despite talks ...

Kenyan farmer Sam Mung’ala once struggled to feed his family by growing cowpeas and sorghum. These days he is betting on a new type of merchandise: shopping bags. The farmer from Kibwezi town in the ...

Nakuru, Kenya — In the open-air Wakulima Market thin plastic shopping bags have disappeared, banished by Kenya’s national bag ban. Produce sellers in this busy agricultural hub 95 miles northwest of ...

The new Global Plastics Treaty must tackle the problem at source, researchers say. They say the treaty must prioritize 'upstream' issues: cutting total production and consumption of plastics, phasing ...

(The Hill) — Pollution from the plastics industry is a major force behind the heating of the planet, according to a new report from the federal government. The industry releases about four times as ...