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More than two-thirds of UN member states have declared they are open to a new agreement to stem the rising tide of plastic wasteSupport is growing internationally for a new global treaty to tackle the plastic pollution crisis, it has emerged, though so far without the two biggest per capita waste producers – the US and the UK – which have yet to signal...

Environmentalists fear changing Kenya’s resolve would lead to all of Africa becoming a plastics dumping groundMajor oil companies are lobbying the United States to pressure Kenya to change its world-leading stance against plastic waste, according to environmentalists who fear the continent will be used as a dumping ground.The request from the American Chemistry Council to the Office of the United States Trade Representative came...

A family were fishing on a lake in Wisconsin when they spotted a bear with a plastic jar stuck on its head. After several attempts at moving their boat next to the bear and removing the jar, they were finally able to free the animal. 'Never dreamt we would ever do this in our life time,' Tricia Hurt wrote on Facebook. 'Out on Marshmiller...

Campaigners hail move against environmentally damaging bags though small-business concerns mean many will remainA plastic bag ban will come into force in New York on Sunday, a moment hailed by environmentalists but marred by last-minute bickering. Related: Is there anything more un-American than New York’s plastic bag ban? | Emma Brockes Continue reading...

The change, taking effect 20 August, is part of SFO’s plan to become a zero ‘waste-to-landfill’ facility by 2021The days of picking up a plastic bottle of water to stay hydrated during a long flight will soon be over for people flying out of San Francisco’s International Airport (SFO).The airport, which restricted the distribution of single-use plastic straws when the city law went into...