Irradiation can also complement and enhance traditional recycling methods. When combined with a chemical recycling method ...

Preventing, controlling and managing pollution is central to improving health, human well-being and prosperity for all. UNEP drives capacity and leadership in sound management of chemicals and waste ...

When looking for eco-friendly custom cabinets, consider their design. Sustainable design involves principles that maximize ...

Photo: Jade GAO / AFP As she watched her five-month-old son lying in intensive care, wires and tubes crisscrossing his tiny body, Uyanga cursed her hometown Ulaanbaatar and its chronic pollution. The ...

A recently released report by IQAir highlights India's critical air pollution situation, with 13 of the world's 20 most polluted cities in the country. Despite a 7% decrease in PM2.5 ...

Copyright 2025 The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved. Most of the world has dirty air, with just 17% of cities globally meeting air pollution guidelines, a report ...

The only city outside of Asia featured on the list is N’Djamena, the capital of Chad in central Africa – which was named the country with the worst air pollution. Meanwhile the cities with the ...

Because it does not break down easily, PET is a major contributor to plastic pollution. After use, it either ends up in landfills or, over time, degrades into tiny microplastics or nanoplastics ...

The air was so laden with pollution from coal power plants and ... Roads are often littered with plastic waste that gets broken down by cars and kicked up into the air. Those particles are ...

“It’s really scary,” says Marcus Eriksen, a marine scientist at the 5 Gyres Institute, a nonprofit plastic pollution research organization, who was not involved in the study. The researchers ...

How to stop plastic pollution: three strategies that actually work Yet, previous research suggests that particles bigger than 1 µm are probably too large to pass through the lung’s air–blood ...

This paper adds to that body of evidence which points clearly towards the need for action. The opportunity for such action is at hand via the UN Global Plastic Treaty which is under negotiation.