The Biden administration has backtracked from supporting a cap on plastic production as part of the United Nations’ global plastics treaty. According to representatives from five environmental organizations, White House…
As delegates prepare to meet in Busan, Korea next week to hammer out a Plastics Treaty to address the global plastic pollution crisis, IPEN and its participating organizations have developed…
For over twenty years, IPEN member groups have produced original research from their countries and regions to document threats to human health and the environment from hazardous chemicals in plastics.…
Op-ed by IPEN Co-chairs Yuyun Ismawati and Pamela Miller As people from around the world are gathering in New York for the UN-sponsored Climate Week, it is past time the…
The plastic CamelBak bottles displayed in a Target in East Hanover, N.J., offer a promise to ecologically conscious buyers. On the front of each is a bright blue sticker with…
In this Associated Press video, IPEN Executive Director Björn Beeler explains the concerns about civil society being shut out of the Plastics Treaty intercessional process. See the video here.
