For almost two years, countries have been trying to negotiate a United Nations treaty to rein in plastic pollution. The talks were supposed to end with an agreement, but that didn't happen.

Negotiators failed to reach an agreement on a legally binding global treaty to combat plastic pollution by the Sunday ...

Countries negotiating a global treaty to address plastic pollution have failed to reach an agreement in Busan.

Stakeholders have been raising concerns over Nigeria’s escalating plastic pollution crisis, describing recycling as an ...

Days after the U.N. global plastics treaty negotiations failed to produce an agreement, one of the world’s top contributors to plastic pollution has abandoned its plastic reduction and reuse goals.

It is recognised as the most significant environmental cause of disease and premature deaths globally, surpassing even ...

Plastics are causing widespread pollution on land and at sea, causing harm to human health and damaging vulnerable marine ...

The failure of recent global talks in Busan, South Korea, to produce a landmark treaty to combat plastic pollution, has ...

Climate campaigners are calling the Scottish Government to take more decisive action on plastic pollution following the failure of a ...

The fifth round of negotiations on a landmark UN plastics treaty, has ended without an agreement, marking a major setback in ...

“Coca-Cola’s decision to double down on single-use plastic – by killing its goals to reduce virgin plastic and to increase ...

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