Show more Show less Plastic pollution is found in rivers, seas, in the air and in human bodies Microplastic is ubiquitous, found on the highest mountain peaks and in the deepest ocean trenches ...

Plastic items are seen next to an artwork by Canadian artist and activist Benjamin Von Wong, titled “The Thinker’s Burden”, during the Fifth Session of the Intergovernmental Negotiating Committee on ...

Back in 1991, a group of petrochemical-rich countries wrestled the voting rules for UNFCCC negotiations into brackets, where ...

The “Paris agreement for plastic” was set to be finalized at the end of this week. But after a week and a half of intense discussions in Geneva, Switzerland, where negotiators from 180 countries are ...

Workers use razor blades to scrape off labels from different soft-drink plastic bottles at the Street Waste Company in Lagos, Nigeria, Monday, Aug 11, 2025. (AP Photo/Sunday Alamba) GENEVA (AP) — ...

Despite recycling efforts, most plastic still ends up in landfills, where it takes centuries to decompose and leaches ...

GENEVA — Talks on a treaty to address the global crisis of plastic pollution in Geneva ended without an agreement Friday as the session was adjourned with plans to resume at a later date. Nations ...

GENEVA, Switzerland — Negotiations to reach a major treaty to end growing plastic pollution around the world fell apart on Friday, with delegates in Switzerland adjourning with no immediate plans to ...