Tag: Plastic pollution
Failure of talks for plastic treaty turn focus back to reduce, reuse, recycle. How’s that going?
Talks aimed at a global treaty to cut plastic pollution fizzled in Geneva this week, with no agreement…
Talks on landmark plastic pollution treaty end without an agreement
Geneva — Negotiators working on a landmark treaty to address the global crisis of plastic pollution failed to…
New compromise but still no deal at plastic pollution talks
Countries trying to break the deadlock and strike a landmark global treaty on combating plastic pollution negotiated through…
Global plastic pollution treaty talks extended in ‘haze’ of confusion
Talks on striking a global treaty on combating plastic pollution were extended an extra day into Friday but…
No agreement in sight as UN plastic pollution treaty talks enter final day
Negotiations to secure a global treaty to combat plastic pollution were in limbo as talks entered their final…
Last chance saloon for global plastic pollution treaty
Negotiators trying to secure a global agreement on tackling the scourge of plastic pollution have less than 24…
Deadlocked plastics treaty talks ‘at cliff’s edge’
Negotiators from 184 countries remained riven Wednesday on how to curb plastic pollution, less than 36 hours before…
EU ready to do plastic pollution deal ‘but not at any cost’
The European Union is ready to do a deal to land a groundbreaking treaty on plastic pollution, but…
Plastic causing “disease and death from infancy to old age,” report warns
Plastic pollution is a "grave, growing and under-recognized danger" to health that is costing the world at least…