As countries meet to agree a landmark plastics treaty, is recycling or producing less the answer?
Even if 50 per cent more plastic was recycled there would still be a pollution problem, a French minister said this week.
Plastics Treaty Negotiators Meet in Busan in Hopes of Reaching Compromise
Attendees hope to settle basic questions about a global agreement on plastic pollution.
How theatre, music and film are helping us unlock new solutions to the world’s plastics problem
Arts-based research methods are bringing fresh perspectives as the world seeks much-needed solutions to plastic pollution.
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Global Push in Busan: Nations Unite to Combat Plastic Pollution Crisis
In Busan, negotiators attempt to create a treaty addressing plastic pollution. The UN emphasizes the urgency, as nations and ...
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Decisive fifth session of negotiations on a global plastic pollution treaty opens in Busan
The fifth session of the Intergovernmental Negotiating Committee to develop an international legally binding instrument on ...
Society Watch: Fight over phase-out of harmful plastics biggest stumbling block in plastics treaty talks
This week, the Intergovernmental Negotiating Committee (INC) is meeting in Busan, South Korea for the fifth and final round ...
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Fossil fuel lobby secures “record” access to crunch talks on new plastics pact
Representatives of ExxonMobil, Dow, BASF and Sabic are among the fossil fuel firms doing lobby at the plastics negotiations ...
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Worldwide talk turns to controlling plastics
What is supposed to be the last of five meetings to negotiate a global treaty on plastic pollution has started in Busan, ...