In observance of International Plastic Bag Free Day 2025, environmental justice group BAN Toxics reaffirms its unwavering ...

US officials outlined their new position at a meeting in Nairobi, where key divisions persisted ahead of August talks to ...

The UN has estimated that more than 400 million tonnes of plastic are produced annually, with less than 10% being recycled.

Experts say global regulation must address plastic trade to curb pollution and tackle the climate, waste, and biodiversity ...

With India facing a growing plastic waste crisis, there is an urgent need for localised and tech-driven action to beat ...

Countries have shown a united front for ambition after talks on a landmark plastic pollution treaty collapsed last year.

Urgent action is needed to combat plastic pollution and its health impacts. Human appetite for plastics continues to grow at an alarming rate, as unsustainable as it is unnecessary.

Plastic pollution ranks as one of the three most-pressing environmental concerns, along with climate change and water pollution, according to a 2019 survey included in the Business Case for a UN ...

On the eve of World Environment Day, the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) launched the Global Plastics Hub, a tool that integrates data from multiple sources to support evidence-based ...

The treaty, spearheaded by the United Nations in March 2022, aims to address plastic waste across its full life cycle—from production to disposal—and is expected to be finalised in 2026 following ongo ...

With one round of talks remaining – scheduled from August 5 to 14 in Geneva – negotiators are now under pressure to deliver the first legally binding treaty aimed at tackling plastic pollution ...