Plastics are undeniably useful materials that have found their way into virtually all human activities. However, with yearly global plastic production exceeding 400 million tons, the environmental ...

This means more toxic air pollution and plastic in our oceans. We need urgent action to address the global plastic pollution epidemic. Unfortunately, plastic is so durable that the EPA reports “every ...

was meant to draft an international legally binding instrument to tackle the plastic pollution problem. The momentum is building as over 260 businesses, from multinationals to local enterprises, have ...

end plastics pollution by 2040? A group of global leaders, the High Ambition Coalition, established that target. We thought it was a reasonable goal and we incorporated it into our report. Clearly, we ...

Negotiators representing governments, business interests and environmental groups from around the world did not finalize an agreement to end plastic pollution ... for a Global Plastics Treaty ...

The final round of global talks aimed at ending plastic pollution opened in South Korea Monday, although optimism was low among delegates that a deal was on the horizon. The challenge they face is ...

The Amazonian city of Belém, Brazil, will be the global focus of efforts to tackle the climate crisis in November 2025, when ...

The marine conservation group 4ocean observed an impressive yet grim record-setting haul after seven years of cleaning up ...

The INC was part of an ambitious United Nations (UN) initiative that commenced in March 2022 to develop a legally binding global instrument aimed at addressing plastic pollution. The effort ...

Together, the three nations account for 33% of the total global plastics trade, the association said. The United States supports having an article in the treaty that addresses supply, or plastic ...

WWF and our supporters have worked to raise the public and political prominence of plastic pollution, creating opportunities for coordinated action from the local to international level. We are ...