As global Plastics Treaty negotiations resume in Paris, scientific evidence overwhelmingly points to an urgent need to reduce plastic production and use to meet social justice, health and environmental imperatives…
Scientists and NGOs have accused the UN’s environment programme of locking out those “most needing to be heard” from upcoming negotiations in Paris aimed at halting plastic waste. Last-minute restrictions…
Technical review calls for protecting health and the environment from toxic chemical exposures throughout the plastic life cycle Geneva – A report released this week from the United Nations Environment…
UV-328 and Dechlorane Plus, and the pesticide methoxychlor are added to the Annex A list under the Stockholm Convention for global elimination, but exemptions for the two plastic chemicals will…
Nairobi/Geneva – Ahead of tomorrow’s “PCB Fair” at the Basel, Rotterdam, and Stockholm Conventions (BRS COPs), a study today from the Kenyan public interest group Centre for Environment Justice and…
Punta del Este, Uruguay – As delegates from countries globally head here for the first intergovernmental Plastics Treaty negotiations (INC1) this week, women leaders from IPEN’s worldwide network displayed a…
IPEN network groups say delegates should reject chemical recycling for plastic wastes– a polluting, unproven technology — and support clean non-combustion technologies for destroying POPs waste Stronger, more health-protective rules…
At international meetings this week, Stockholm Convention delegates will decide on a global ban on the plastics chemical, Dechlorane Plus IPEN and its member groups from around the world call…
Contrary to current estimates, new research suggests that there is twice as much plastic waste exported to non-OECD countries Plastics are a mixture of fossil fuels and chemicals, and many…
