Plastics contain toxic chemicals that can enter products and interact to create new harmful substances during the recycling process, a new report from Greenpeace and the International Pollutants Elimination Network…
Opening Statement presented by Dr. Tadesse Amera, IPEN Co-Chair, Ethiopia May 31, 2023 Thank you, Mr. Chair, Distinguished Delegates, Good afternoon to you all. I am speaking on behalf of…
¿Puede una botella de plástico fabricada con un 65% de material reciclado considerarse verde? El reciclaje está en el centro del debate de la lucha contra la invasión del plástico.…
The scale of plastic pollution is growing, relentlessly. The world is producing twice as much plastic waste as two decades ago, reaching 353 million tonnes in 2019, according to OECD…
A new report by Greenpeace USA reveals that recycling plastic not only fails to help the problem — it may actually make things worse. More significantly, the report reviews dozens…
Recycling was once considered the obvious solution to the excessive amount of new (or virgin) plastic produced each year. This is no longer realistic. Global recycling capacity simply cannot keep…
More than 145 countries are hoping to hammer out a Plastics Treaty by 2025, with Norway co-leading the High Ambition Coalition in the talks. But environmental groups are warning that…
The Washington Post reports that as negotiators seeking a global plastics treaty gather in Paris this week for another round of talks, the Biden administration is pushing to let countries…
As talks start this week on a global plastics treaty, debate is emerging between countries wanting to limit the production of more plastics and the petrochemical industry favoring recycling as…
A United Nations committee met in Paris Monday to work on what is intended to be a landmark treaty to bring an end to global plastic pollution, but there is…
