In March 2022, at the resumed fifth session of the UN Environment Assembly (UNEA-5.2), a historic resolution was adopted to develop an international legally binding instrument on plastic pollution, ...

Documents leaked from an industry group show how plastics companies are pushing back against a “tide of anti-plastic sentiment.” By Hiroko Tabuchi Paid influencers on TikTok. An infomercial ...

Can the world finally agree on how to end plastic pollution? We should know by the end of the week. “Some countries are pre-emptively protecting themselves, regardless of what happens with the ...

Plastic waste pollutes our oceans, food, even our bodies. This week, 175 countries are trying to create a treaty to reduce that waste. Nations such as Saudi Arabia and Russia, who produce fossil ...

Negotiators are gathering in Busan, South Korea, this week in a final push to forge a treaty to address the global crisis of plastic pollution. “We must end plastic pollution before plastic ...

(AP Photo/Sanjog Manandhar, File) Environment activists stage a rally calling for a strong global plastics treaty ahead of the fifth session of the Intergovernmental Negotiating Committee on Plastic ...

Copyright 2024 The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved. Negotiators gather in Busan, South Korea on Monday in what’s billed as a final push to address the global ...

Busan, 25 November 2024 – The fifth session of the Intergovernmental Negotiating Committee to develop an international legally binding instrument on plastic pollution, including in the marine ...

Market value of polyethylene worldwide from 2015 to 2022, with a forecast for 2023 to 2030 (in billion U.S. dollars) Characteristic Market value in billion U.S. dollars ...

For two years, nations have worked to come up with a global agreement to tackle plastic pollution — a staggering problem with widespread implications for the planet and human health. The ...

Starting Monday, more than 170 countries will converge in Busan, Republic of Korea, to negotiate a new legally binding global treaty to end plastic pollution, including marine pollution. This is the ...

Many nations hope to reduce the half a billion tons of plastic made each year. But pushback from plastic and oil producers, and Donald Trump’s election, could scuttle an agreement. By Hiroko ...