IPEN Statement on the Chair’s Text
Today, the INC Chair released a draft Chair’s text for the Plastics Treaty negotiations going forward. Unfortunately, while the Chair’s text acknowledges the increasing health harms caused by plastics, it…
Plastics Treaty Delegates and Plastic Waste Workers in Kenya and Thailand Face Toxic Exposures from Hazardous Plastic Chemicals
Data finds high-ranking UN officials, delegates and plastic waste workers are exposed to toxic plastic chemicals including phthalates, toxic flame retardants, and other hazardous substances Geneva-Data for IPEN studies on…
How plastic nurdles are polluting the oceans
In The Guardian, a story notes that millions of the tiny plastic pellets, called nurdles, are being washed up on the coast of Kerala in India in the latest in…
Kenya calls for plastics pollution deal as global talks grind on
In the Daily Nation, a story notes that the first week of plastic treaty negotiations is over, and it feels like reading the first chapter of a long, complicated book.…
Plastic treaty negotiations: IPEN wants health concerns to take centre stage
According to EnviroNews Nigeria, midway through the Plastics Treaty negotiations scheduled to end on Thursday August 14, 2025, the International Pollutants Elimination Network (IPEN), a global network of NGOs dedicated…
Petro-states stall plastics treaty over production limits
A report in the New Indian Express notes that a powerful bloc of petro-states and petro-chemical-producing countries is stalling progress on what could be a landmark global treaty to end…
Momentum sagging at UN plastic pollution treaty talks
As reported by Agence France Presse (via France24), the negotiations, which opened on Tuesday, have four working days left to strike a legally-binding instrument that would tackle the growing problem…
Press Statement: Midway Through the Plastics Treaty Negotiations, Protecting Health Must Take Center Stage
Geneva, Switzerland – Midway through the Plastics Treaty negotiations scheduled to end this Thursday August 14, IPEN notes that concerns for the threats to human health from toxic plastic chemicals…
Plastic treaty talks overrun by fossil fuel lobbyists, campaigners say
A story in The Independent notes that at least 234 fossil fuel and petrochemical industry lobbyists have registered to attend the final round of plastics treaty negotiations in Geneva this…
New push to reach plastic pollution pact
Agence France Presse reports that the coming 10 days of talks involving delegates from nearly 180 nations follows a failure to reach a deal last December on how to stop…
