Current plastic pollution treaty texts are not fit for the purpose of ending pollution but there is still time for governments to agree on a strong treaty by focusing on the most urgent and impactful ...

Just ask a manufacturer of spiral wire or plastic coil binding equipment the advantages that their products have over other finishing techniques, and you will get a laundry list of answers. Sure, some ...

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One hundred and seventy-five countries have agreed to a legally binding global treaty to end the plastic pollution crisis by tackling the material’s entire supply chain. Inger Andersen, executive ...

Pollution from plastics is a global emergency in need of a robust UN treaty, according to a report. The Environmental Investigation Agency (EIA) says there's a cascade of evidence of harm from ...

With the United States blocking many of the issues that needed to be resolved at the UNEP Intergovernmental Negotiating Committee, the Geneva conference ended with little results. Intergovernmental ...

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GENEVA – No consensus was reached during talks in Geneva on the world’s first legally binding treaty to tackle plastic pollution, according to delegates. Delegates discussing the world’s first legally ...

WWF welcomes ‘tangible progress’ as the vast majority of countries show support for an ambitious and impactful treaty with binding global rules Paris, France (2 June): The second negotiation meeting ...

The whole world is currently gathered in the second-largest country, Canada with a common goal. The focus of the over a thousand diplomatic delegates including governmental, non-governmental, and ...

The IAEA highlighted its NUclear TEChnology for Controlling Plastic Pollution (NUTEC Plastics) initiative at last week’s major gathering of scientists, policymakers and civil society representatives ...

Trisia Farrelly is affiliated with the New Zealand Product Stewardship Council, Carrying Our Future, the Massey University Political Ecology Research Centre, the Aotearoa Plastic Pollution Alliance, ...