Kenya president urges progress on global treaty against plastic pollution
Negotiators working on the world’s first treaty to curb plastic pollution need to hurry up and strike a deal, Kenyan President William Ruto said on Monday at the start of…
Nations gather in Nairobi to hammer out treaty on plastic pollution
Efforts to create a landmark treaty to end global plastic pollution are advancing Monday in Nairobi as most of the world’s nations, plus petrochemical companies, environmentalists and others affected by…
In UN talks for a global plastic treaty, delegates to face off over production limits
As the world’s nations enter another round of talks this week on creating a first-ever treaty to contain plastic pollution, officials are bracing for tough negotiations over whether to limit…
Plastics Treaty INC-3: Interventions
Opening Statement INC-3 Preparatory Meeting Presented by Pamela Miller, IPEN Co-Chair, North America November 11, 2023 Thank you Madame/Mr Co-Facilitators. I am speaking as Co-Chair on behalf of IPEN, a…
Increasing Evidence Shows: There are No Safe and Circular Plastics
Plastics Treaty Delegates Urged to Follow the Science and Aim for Ambitious Curbs on Plastic Production and Controls on Toxic Chemicals in Plastic Health and environmental advocates from dozens of…
Chemical recycling “a dangerous deception” for solving plastic pollution
Chemical recycling — an umbrella term used to describe processes that break plastic waste down into molecular building blocks with high heat or chemicals and convert them into new products…
Unproven “Advanced Recycling” Facilities Have Received Millions in Public Subsidies
When oil and gas companies first launched their campaign to promote recycling to the American public, they pitched the process as a viable and sustainable solution to the plastic pollution…
Dumped, Not Recycled?
Electronic Tracking Raises Questions About Houston’s Drive to Repurpose a Full Range of Plastics Revelations by a watchdog group reinforce doubts about chemical recycling, a technology promoted by the city…
A new report calls chemical recycling a ‘dangerous deception’ — and a former plastic lobbyist agrees
As petrochemical companies continue to inundate the world with cheap plastic products and packaging — much of which is designed to be used once and then thrown away — they’ve…
New Report Debunks Chemical Recycling’s False Promises to Manage Plastic Waste, Investigates All 11 U.S. Facilities
Ahead of International Plastics Treaty Meeting in November, Groups Call for Reducing Plastic Production, Not More Toxic Recycling Today, Beyond Plastics and IPEN (the International Pollutants Elimination Network) — two…
