IPEN International Pollutants Elimination Network

Parsing the global plastic pollution problem

The last round of negotiations for a global treaty addressing plastic pollution is underway in Busan, South Korea. This week’s summit of the United Nations Intergovernmental Negotiating Committee, or INC-5…

Plastic pollution pushing Earth past all nine planetary boundaries

“Plastics pollution exacerbates the impacts of all [nine] planetary boundaries,” warns a report published this month in the journal One Earth in the run-up to what could be the final…

men burning a small pile of plastic trash, France24 logo in foreground
Plastic pollution talks: the key sticking points

Nations gathered in Busan, South Korea have a week to agree on the world’s first treaty to curb plastic pollution, a gargantuan challenge given the major divisions that remain. Consensus…