No country receives more discarded plastic from wealthy countries, but shipments from the United States are no longer welcome ...

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 demanded that a global target to reduce plastic production and consumption ...

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

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

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

NICE, France (10 June 2025) - Today’s call from more than 90 countries reaffirming their ambition to end plastic pollution is a welcome signal of global cooperation, but still “the bare minimum” of ...

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