Negotiators working on a treaty to address the global crisis of plastic pollution for a week in South Korea won’t reach an agreement and plan to resume the talks next…
December 1, 2024 My name is Aileen Lucero and I am representing IPEN, the International Pollutants Elimination Network. We bring voices to these negotiations from our network of more than…
As international talks continue this week, a dozen U.N. officials reveal scientists tracked their exposure to many chemicals found in plastics. The wristbands look like those you might find at…
Study Finds Workers in Thailand are Exposed to Phthalates, Toxic Flame Retardants, and Other Harmful Plastic Chemicals A new study by EARTH and IPEN finds that plastic waste and recycling…
Delegates from more than 170 nations are gathered in Busan this week to hammer out the details of what could become the world’s first treaty paving the path to end…
The last round of negotiations for a global treaty addressing plastic pollution is underway in Busan, South Korea. This week’s summit of the United Nations Intergovernmental Negotiating Committee, or INC-5…
“Plastics pollution exacerbates the impacts of all [nine] planetary boundaries,” warns a report published this month in the journal One Earth in the run-up to what could be the final…
Nations gathered in Busan, South Korea have a week to agree on the world’s first treaty to curb plastic pollution, a gargantuan challenge given the major divisions that remain. Consensus…
On November 25, delegates from around the globe will gather in Korea to finalize the draft text of the world’s first global plastics treaty. Or at least that’s the plan.…
Negotiators from around the globe are descending on Busan, South Korea, this week for a final scheduled meeting aimed at crafting a global treaty to curb plastics pollution. They have…
