Attendees hope to settle basic questions about a global agreement on plastic pollution.

The current text excludes key demands, including a binding limit on plastic production and a ban on dangerous additives.

More than 85 nations, including all 27 members of the European Union, are making a last-minute push to include caps on ...

Representatives of ExxonMobil, Dow, BASF and Sabic are among the fossil fuel firms doing lobby at the plastics negotiations ...

Plastic pollution is no longer just an environmental issue – it is a health crisis and a significant driver of the climate ...

Negotiations for a global plastics treaty hit a boiling point on Nov. 27, as countries accused each other of bad faith and ...

The most contentious issue of the talks is whether there will be a limit on the amount of plastic that companies are allowed ...

Earlier this week, the mining magnate Andrew Forrest made headlines calling for a global "polymer premium"—or plastic tax—to ...

The Intergovernmental Negotiating Committee was created in March 2022 during the United Nations Assembly (UNEA-5.2) to ...

BUSAN, South Korea - The chairman of talks aiming for an international treaty to rein in pollution from plastics issued a ...

Even if 50 per cent more plastic was recycled there would still be a pollution problem, a French minister said this week.View ...

This week, the Intergovernmental Negotiating Committee (INC) is meeting in Busan, South Korea for the fifth and final round ...