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.
Dioxins/furans: Dioxins are a family of chemicals that are some of the most highly toxic substances known. Dioxins and furans are not produced intentionally (and because they are produced unintentionally,…
IPEN has worked to expose the health and environmental threats from plastics, with a focus on toxic chemicals throughout the plastics life cycle, for at least two decades. During this…
Opening Statement presented by Dr. Tadesse Amera, IPEN Co-Chair, Ethiopia November 29, 2022 (read translations of the Opening Statement here) Thank you, Mr. President, Distinguished Delegates, I am speaking on…
In a two-step of ideas and action, the White House has released a report that outlines a government-wide approach for addressing plastic pollution and announced that buying single-use plastics for…
Chemical recycling of plastics could be problematic for developing countries that have limited capacity to manage and regulate waste. That, at least, was the opinion of experts at a June…
