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The UN's environment chief insists that a landmark global treaty tackling plastic pollution remains achievable, despite talks ...

As global plastic treaty talks end in failure, with no agreement, all is not lost in the global momentum to cut plastic pollution. United States lawmakers recently introduced the Microplastics Safety ...

GENEVA, Switzerland, August 20, 2025 (ENS) – “Ultimately, I have heard from every country here in this room that you want to end plastic pollution. You want a deal,” Inger Andersen, head of the United ...

A young Afghan child worker sorts recyclable plastic cans at a recycling yard on the outskirts of Kabul on August 5, 2025. [AFP The 184 countries gathering to forge a landmark treaty on combating ...

Negotiations on a global treaty to end plastic pollution will draw to a close Friday, as nations remain deadlocked over whether to tackle the exponential growth of plastic production. A new draft of ...

Food powerhouses Nestlé, PepsiCo and Unilever are among those left reeling after negotiations failed to finalise a global treaty on plastic pollution. The treaty had been years in the making, ...

Plastic pellets, bio-beads and other microplastics are polluting coastlines around the world, with new research showing sharp regional differences in the types and concentrations of plastic found. The ...

Negotiations in Geneva over a global plastics treaty collapsed amid sharp disagreement on key issues, leaving hopes of a legally binding agreement in limbo. Delegates from 183 countries failed to ...

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