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The latest round of United Nations negotiations aimed at securing a legally binding treaty to end plastic pollution ended Friday without agreement, but with countries pledging to keep working toward...
Six leading public development banks have launched Clean Oceans Initiative 2.0, committing €3 billion between 2026 and 2030 to fight marine plastic pollution and support waste prevention and circular economy...
Plastic’s Growing Environmental Impact Plastic’s convenience has led to its widespread use, but the environmental costs are staggering. Every year, 400 million tonnes of plastic waste are generated worldwide, with...
The Government of Canada is implementing a comprehensive plan to reduce plastic pollution, improve how plastic is made, used, and managed across its life cycle, and move toward a circular...
Despite an overwhelming majority of countries ready to move forward on a robust and ambitious treaty, countries with deep petrochemical interests delayed progress throughout the week and blocked the final...
The third session of the Intergovernmental Negotiating Committee to develop an international legally binding instrument on plastic pollution, including in the marine environment (INC-3), opened in the Kenyan capital, Nairobi. INC-3 members will start negotiations on...
The second session of the United Nations Intergovernmental Negotiating Committee is currently taking place in Paris to develop an international legally binding instrument on plastic pollution. The negotiations for a...
Paris Mayor Anne Hidalgo said on Friday the city planned to ban single-use plastic when it holds the 2024 Olympic Games as part of efforts to tackle a global plastic...
Investors including Pictet and Amundi managing $10 trillion in assets, signed a statement urging consumer goods and grocery companies to do more to cut their use of plastic packaging amid rising costs...
The European Investment Bank (EIB) unveiled a new study titled “Cutting plastics pollution – Financial measures for a more circular value chain”. The study analyses the inefficiencies of the plastics value...
LyondellBasell and Shakti Plastic Industries, India’s largest plastic scrap recycler and waste collection company, have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to form a joint venture to build and operate a fully-automated, mechanical recycling plant...
Oceana Canada is joining the Honourable Karina Gould, Canada’s Minister of Families, Children and Social Development and Julie Dabrusin, Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Natural Resources and the Minister...
Ocean Recovery Group (ORG), a Florida based social-business enterprise that leverages over 100 years of recycling industry experience to better collect, clean and recycle ocean-bound plastics, announced today that veteran...
Around 5,500 tonnes of microplastics are produced in Europe every year, but scientists believe they have found a way to mass-produce a sustainable alternative. (Sky News) – Christmas is fast...
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