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Global plastics treaty talks collapse in Geneva, blocked by fossil fuel interests, raising climate and pollution concerns.

Big Microplastic Survey gathers data from 39 countries, uncovering widespread nurdle and bio-bead contamination.

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You brush twice daily, floss and see a dentist. What if these acts of oral hygiene are quietly contributing a pressing ...

The Guardian also reported that the life cycle of plastic from production to consumption dumped into landfills induces a ...

Extrupet turns recycling talk into action, driving PET recycling success in South Africa despite global treaty failures and ...

Oil-producing countries favour limiting the treaty to waste management, while the EU and others push for stronger measures to ...

Plastics SA urges practical, balanced solutions as treaty talks stall, highlighting SA’s progress in recycling and circular ...

Deborah Barasa, the Kenyan negotiator, said despairingly at the time that the treaty had “lost its very objective… There are no global binding obligations on anything.” Fiji delegate Sivendra Michael ...

The proliferation of EPR schemes and plastic taxes, designed to promote circularity, require companies to take responsibility ...

September 2025 marked this year’s Plastic Overshoot Day – the date when humanity’s plastic waste generation surpasses the planet’s capacity to manage it.