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 ...
Negotiations on a plastic pollution accord are drawing to a close Sunday, as nations continue debating whether to tackle the ...
Very little of the world's plastic waste—about half of which comes from single-use plastics such as packaging, straws and ...
China was by far the biggest exporter of plastic products in 2023, followed by Germany and the United States. Less than 10% ...
The hoped-for treaty to come out of these talks could be the most significant deal relating to environmental protection as ...
The current text excludes key demands, including a binding limit on plastic production and a ban on dangerous additives.
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Tackling the plastic waste crisis
TALKS began in South Korea this week aimed at closing a legally binding treaty on plastics pollution led by the United ...
Delegates from more than 170 countries are working to salvage a treaty that would tackle the growing problem of plastic ...
It was Espen Barth Eide, President of the Fifth Session of the United Nations Environment Assembly (UNEA 5), who gave the ...
Greenpeace activists board tanker demanding cut in plastic production - Activists scaled ship’s mast, painted ‘PLASTIC KILLS’ ...
At the 27th Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting, representatives from 56 Commonwealth nations came together to announce ...
In an interview with the Nation, Jane Muncke, a South African independent scientist working with Food Packaging Forum and is ...