Tag: plastic production
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…
UN talks on global plastics treaty adjourned with no deal in sight
There is still no sign of agreement on a global plastics treaty after more than a week of…
UN talks near end with no deal in sight on global plastics treaty
There is still no sign of agreement on a global plastics treaty after more than a week of…
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…
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…
A ‘false solution’ or the answer to global plastic waste?
Each year, the world produces about 400 million tonnes of plastic waste – more than the combined weight…
A ‘Thinker’ drowns in plastic garbage as UN treaty talks open
A replica of Auguste Rodin's famous sculpture "The Thinker" outside the United Nations headquarters was being slowly submerged…