What to know about the plastic pollution crisis as treaty talks conclude in South Korea
The world’s nations will wrap up negotiating a treaty this weekend to address the global crisis of plastic pollution.
Why is a global treaty on plastic pollution dividing the world?
Very little of the world's plastic waste—about half of which comes from single-use plastics such as packaging, straws and ...
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Over 200 petrochemical lobbyists have been at negotiations for a Global Plastics Treaty
Industry-friendly actors are working to infiltrate the process and delay substantive progress on a Global Plastics Treaty ...
Society Watch: Fight over phase-out of harmful plastics biggest stumbling block in plastics treaty talks
This week, the Intergovernmental Negotiating Committee (INC) is meeting in Busan, South Korea for the fifth and final round ...
Five fairness flaws the UN's new plastics treaty must change
The UN's new plastics treaty is about to be finalized—marking a crucial opportunity to form an international agreement to ...
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Treaty needed for a world choking on plastic
Monday marked the beginning of the last meeting that the United Nations scheduled to negotiate a plastic pollution treaty. But the goal of creating a legally binding agreement to rein ...