The Associated Press reports that nations are crafting the first global, legally binding treaty on plastics pollution. The meeting at the United Nations office in Geneva is supposed to be…
In Agence France Press/France24, a story finds that a new draft of the plastics treaty text, streamlined by the talks chair, is expected today. David Azoulay, director of the environmental…
Today, the INC Chair released a draft Chair’s text for the Plastics Treaty negotiations going forward. Unfortunately, while the Chair’s text acknowledges the increasing health harms caused by plastics, it…
Data finds high-ranking UN officials, delegates and plastic waste workers are exposed to toxic plastic chemicals including phthalates, toxic flame retardants, and other hazardous substances Geneva-Data for IPEN studies on…
In The Guardian, a story notes that millions of the tiny plastic pellets, called nurdles, are being washed up on the coast of Kerala in India in the latest in…
In the Daily Nation, a story notes that the first week of plastic treaty negotiations is over, and it feels like reading the first chapter of a long, complicated book.…
According to EnviroNews Nigeria, midway through the Plastics Treaty negotiations scheduled to end on Thursday August 14, 2025, the International Pollutants Elimination Network (IPEN), a global network of NGOs dedicated…
A report in the New Indian Express notes that a powerful bloc of petro-states and petro-chemical-producing countries is stalling progress on what could be a landmark global treaty to end…
As reported by Agence France Presse (via France24), the negotiations, which opened on Tuesday, have four working days left to strike a legally-binding instrument that would tackle the growing problem…
Geneva, Switzerland – Midway through the Plastics Treaty negotiations scheduled to end this Thursday August 14, IPEN notes that concerns for the threats to human health from toxic plastic chemicals…
