Former EPA official Judith Enck explains why plastic pollution is a production problem—and how policy, not recycling, can ...

Black-colored plastic used in children’s toys, takeout containers, kitchen utensils and grocery meat and produce trays may contain alarming levels of toxic flame retardants that may be leaching from ...

People in low-income urban communities in the Global South without access to reliable energy sources are burning the toxic ...

This story is a partnership between Inside Climate News and CBS News. Watch the CBS Reports documentary, "Advanced Recycling: Does Big Plastic's Idea Work?" About 48 million tons of plastic waste are ...