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 ...

A new report by an expert group in the ISC has called for a science-backed global treaty to end the menace of plastic ...

Researchers find that nationwide policies to ban plastic bags may be paying off, with fewer showing up during coastal ...

In the 'Nice Call for an Ambitious Treaty on Plastic Pollution,' issued at the United Nations Ocean Conference, 95 countries ...

Nearly 100 countries call for ambitious global treaty to end plastic pollution at UN ocean summit Trash litters the banks of Guanabara Bay in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.

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

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 ...

The Philippines has signed an international declaration, joining 94 other countries in calling for an effective treaty to end global plastic pollution.

A Unep study estimates that between 19 - 23 million tonnes of plastic waste leak into aquatic ecosystems annually.

As jockeying around the plastics treaty heats up ahead of August negotiations, global consumer brands are making the economic ...

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

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 ...