Advocates Say Plastics Treaty Draft Falls Far Short as Talks Near Deadline
The current text excludes key demands, including a binding limit on plastic production and a ban on dangerous additives.
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.
Talks on a Plastics Treaty Have Begun. Here's How to Stop Plastic Waste
With negotiations underway for a global plastics treaty, business leaders and scientists explain how we can stop the plastic waste polluting our oceans.
A tax on new plastic would slash waste—if built into the global treaty on plastics
Earlier this week, the mining magnate Andrew Forrest made headlines calling for a global "polymer premium"—or plastic tax—to be placed on every ton of newly manufactured plastics. A tax like this could form part of the Global Plastic Treaty being hammered out right now in Busan,
PepsiCo: The world needs a global plastics treaty
As a member of the Business Coalition for a Global Plastic Treaty, PepsiCo is advocating for an ambitious and effective treaty.
Why is a global treaty on plastic pollution dividing the world?
Plastic pollutes oceans, food, your body. Yet nations are divided over a global treaty. Why all eyes are on talks for a U.N.-led accord to cut plastic waste.
Negotiators get closer to agreeing on a plastic pollution treaty
Negotiators working on a treaty to address the global crisis of plastic pollution have inched closer to an agreement, with more countries saying they want to address the total plastic on Earth
UN Plastic Treaty Talks Push for Breakthrough as Deadline Looms
Negotiators at the fifth round of talks aimed at securing an international treaty to curb plastic pollution were striving on Friday to speed up sluggish proceedings and reach a deal by a Dec. 1 deadline.
Can countries agree to "end the world's plastic pollution crisis"?
The U.S. is among 175 nations haggling over a treaty to reduce the vast quantity of plastic pollution that ends up in our food, water and even our bodies.
Is a global plastics treaty closer?
Will there be an agreement to limit the amount of global plastic that is produced?
UN talks struggle for breakthrough on plastics treaty as deadline looms
The chairman of talks aiming for an international treaty to rein in pollution from plastics issued a document on Friday outlining measures that could furnish the basis of a pact, in an attempt to spur discussions as a Dec.
Saudi Arabia Leads Pushback Against Global Plastic Treaty
Delegates from more than 170 countries are working to salvage a treaty that would tackle the growing problem of plastic ...
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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 ...
Scientists warn of 'invisible threat' of microplastics as global treaty nears completion
As the UN meets this week to finalize the Global Plastics Treaty, researchers warn that the agreement could fail to address ...
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Group of 56 nations sign treaty agreeing to protect our oceans: 'A line in the sand'
At the 27th Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting, representatives from 56 Commonwealth nations came together to announce ...
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The United Nations Global Plastics Treaty: validating the struggles of fenceline communities in Louisiana
Though the Biden Administration backtracked its support of a cap on plastic production only a week before UN negotiations ...
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At the final round of plastic treaty negotiations, a production cap hangs in the balance
Just a day after the conclusion of the United Nations’ annual climate conference in Azerbaijan, diplomats began convening in ...
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Global plastics pact “hangs in balance” as petrostates block talks
As talks on a new global treaty to end plastic pollution approach the halfway mark in Busan, South Korea, countries clashed ...