New push to reach plastic pollution pact
Agence France Presse reports that the coming 10 days of talks involving delegates from nearly 180 nations follows a failure to reach a deal last December on how to stop…
Nations gather in Geneva to again confront the world’s spiraling plastic pollution crisis
The Associated Press reports that nations kicked off a meeting on Tuesday to try to complete a landmark treaty aimed at ending the plastic pollution crisisthat affects every ecosystem and…
What to watch for at this month’s global plastics treaty talks
Grist reports that negotiators from more than 170 countries are arriving in Geneva, Switzerland, this week to resume discussions over the United Nations plastics treaty, eight months after they missed…
Plastic Polymers Exempt from Global Waste Regulations Pose Threats to Health and the Environment
Report informs Plastics Treaty delegates of problems in plastic recycling and calls for upstream solutions to the plastics crisis A new report from GRID-Arendal and IPEN finds that three major…
