From water bottles and food wrappers to microplastic in the air, plastic and its chemical components are nearly impossible to avoid today. Researchers have now measured the extent to which…
IPEN Executive Director Bjorn Beeler talks with BNN/Bloomberg News about the Plastics Treaty and obstacles to plastic recycling.
You might have missed it amid the noise of the Trump transition and the sound of the European and Japanese auto industries collapsing. But the failure of an obscure United…
What was supposed to be the final round of United Nations negotiations for a global plastics treaty ended without an agreement on Sunday, as delegates failed to reconcile opposing views…
Negotiations to produce a legally binding treaty to curb the global explosion of plastic pollution fell short on Sunday as efforts to limit the production of fossil fuel-based plastics supported…
A week of tense negotiations to draft a legally binding treaty combating global plastic pollution ended in failure on Sunday night in Busan, South Korea, marking only the latest setback…
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…
