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…
Danone Drops Controversial Plastic Credits Certification Scheme in Indonesia
Local community groups and international experts criticised the French food company’s project for its toxic operations and failure to contribute meaningfully to resolving plastic pollution. Denpasar, Indonesia, 12 December 2024…
IPEN INC-5 Closing Statement
December 1, 2024 My name is Aileen Lucero and I am representing IPEN, the International Pollutants Elimination Network. We bring voices to these negotiations from our network of more than…
Refuse Derived Fuel: The Hidden, Hazardous Plastic Waste Trade
As delegates prepare to meet in Busan, Korea next week to hammer out a Plastics Treaty to address the global plastic pollution crisis, IPEN and its participating organizations have developed…
IPEN and the Plastics Treaty Process
IPEN has worked to expose the health and environmental threats from plastics, with a focus on toxic chemicals throughout the plastics life cycle, for at least two decades. During this…
World policymakers trudge tough road at fourth UN plastics meeting
The world is trying to figure out how to deal with the over 350 million metric tons of plastic waste we create every year. Scientists know that microplastics and chemicals…
Human Rights, Health, and Lands of Arctic Peoples Endangered by Plastics, Petrochemicals and Climate Change
With the Arctic warming nearly four times faster than the rest of the world, Native voices speak out on threats to the Arctic posed by plastic and toxic chemicals. Report…
