UN talks on a treaty to end global plastic pollution open in Paris
A United Nations committee met in Paris Monday to work on what is intended to be a landmark treaty to bring an end to global plastic pollution, but there is…
Disagreements and tempers surge ahead of UN plastics meeting
Tensions are running high as representatives from the plastics industry, advocacy groups, and governmental organizations from around the world head to Paris for a meeting of the United Nations’ Intergovernmental…
Recycled plastic can be more toxic and is no fix for pollution, Greenpeace warns
Recycling plastic can make it more toxic and should not be considered a solution to the pollution crisis, Greenpeace has warned before the latest round of negotiations for an international…
Experts sound the alarm on toxic chemicals ahead of plastic treaty negotiations
Negotiators from around the world will convene in Paris next week to continue working on a legally binding global treaty to address the plastics crisis. In this second of five…
New Greenpeace Report Calls Out Toxic Hazards of Recycled Plastic
As global Plastics Treaty negotiations resume in Paris, scientific evidence overwhelmingly points to an urgent need to reduce plastic production and use to meet social justice, health and environmental imperatives…
Developing country voices will be excluded at UN plastic talks, say NGOs
Scientists and NGOs have accused the UN’s environment programme of locking out those “most needing to be heard” from upcoming negotiations in Paris aimed at halting plastic waste. Last-minute restrictions…
UN Report: Global Controls on Chemicals and Reducing Production Key to Addressing the Plastics Crisis
Technical review calls for protecting health and the environment from toxic chemical exposures throughout the plastic life cycle Geneva – A report released this week from the United Nations Environment…
Countries Agree to Ban Two Toxic Plastic Chemicals and a Hazardous Pesticide
UV-328 and Dechlorane Plus, and the pesticide methoxychlor are added to the Annex A list under the Stockholm Convention for global elimination, but exemptions for the two plastic chemicals will…
Toxic Chemicals from Plastic Waste Contaminate Kenya’s Food Chain and Products
Nairobi/Geneva – Ahead of tomorrow’s “PCB Fair” at the Basel, Rotterdam, and Stockholm Conventions (BRS COPs), a study today from the Kenyan public interest group Centre for Environment Justice and…
Global Advocates Tell Plastics Treaty Delegates: Our Health is in Your Hands
Punta del Este, Uruguay – As delegates from countries globally head here for the first intergovernmental Plastics Treaty negotiations (INC1) this week, women leaders from IPEN’s worldwide network displayed a…
