Thousands of people living in buildings with dangerous cladding should be a given a target date for when their homes will be made safe, says Whitehall's spending watchdog.

ITV News' Social Affairs Correspondent Sarah Corker speaks with families affected by living in homes with flammable cladding. Thousands of people have been left homeless or stuck in unsafe ...

Researchers from Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution (WHOI) have discovered that CDA is the fastest degrading type of plastic in seawater – technically classified as a bioplastic – and with ...

New research has detected high levels of flame retardants in some toys, kitchen utensils and other household items made from recycled black plastic. But the potential health effects remain unclear.

Since dolphins and humans inhale similar plastic particles, dolphins may be at risk for the same lung problems. As top predators with decades-long life spans, bottlenose dolphins help scientists ...

By Hiroko Tabuchi Scientists have found plastic pollution almost everywhere they have looked. In clouds. On Mount Everest. In Arctic snow. Now, for the first time, tiny plastic particles have been ...

Final negotiations for the first-ever United Nations treaty on plastic pollution are due to take place at the end of November. The latest treaty draft states two major objectives: to end plastic ...

Consumers want something to be done about plastic pollution. Recycling is something. Therefore oil companies, manufacturers and retailers are doing it. The trouble is, many of these initiatives ...

Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. UK housebuilders will be given 18 months to start fixing dangerous cladding on blocks of flats under ...

As the writer behind this guide to the best white sneakers, it’s fascinating to see what the sneakerheads are chasing — from Air Force 1s to Stan Smiths. There’s a style for everyone these ...

This is one of several policies designed to limit the amount of plastic litter – particularly the caps from single-use plastic bottles, which are far more likely to find their way into the ...