IPEN International Pollutants Elimination Network

IPEN and the Plastics Treaty Process

IPEN has worked to expose the health and environmental threats from plastics, with a focus on toxic chemicals throughout the plastics life cycle, for at least two decades. During this…

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Plastics Treaty INC-1: Interventions

Opening Statement presented by Dr. Tadesse Amera, IPEN Co-Chair, Ethiopia November 29, 2022 (read translations of the Opening Statement here) Thank you, Mr. President, Distinguished Delegates, I am speaking on…

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US singles out plastic pollution

In a two-step of ideas and action, the White House has released a report that outlines a government-wide approach for addressing plastic pollution and announced that buying single-use plastics for…