As plastic treaty talks open, countries more divided than ever
Reuters Countries are under pressure to make progress on a first-ever global plastics treaty this week, but they face tense negotiations in the Canadian capital with parties deeply divided over what the treaty should include as talks begin on Tuesday. If governments can agree on a legally binding treaty that addresses not just how plastics […]
Wow!: Cambodia ‘upcycler’ turns tonnes of plastic bottles into brooms
CHANTHA LACH, of Reuters, reports on an innovative reuse of plastic bottles…
UN plastic treaty talks grapple with re-use, recycle, reduce debate
Nairobi, KenyaReuters A third round of United Nations negotiations to try to deliver the world’s first treaty to control plastic pollution has drawn more than 500 proposals from governments, participants said on Sunday. Negotiators, who spent a week meeting in the Kenyan capital at talks known as INC3, have until the end of next year […]
EU reaches deal to stop sending waste to countries that can’t process it
Paris, FranceReuters European Union lawmakers and member states have reached a deal to revise the bloc’s waste shipment regulation and end exports of certain types of waste to third countries unable to process it properly, the EU Parliament said on Friday. Trash is pictured following heavy rainfalls in Bad Neuenahr-Ahrweiler, Germany, on 15th July, 2021. […]
In UN talks for a global plastic treaty, delegates to face off over production limits
Reuters As the world’s nations enter another round of talks this week on creating a first-ever treaty to contain plastic pollution, officials are bracing for tough negotiations over whether to limit the amount of plastic being produced or just to focus on the management of waste. Working with a document called a “zero draft” that […]
Essay: Plastic recycling is failing – here’s how the world must respond
CRESSIDA BOWYER, KEIRON ROBERTS and STEPHANIE NORTHEN – in an article first published on The Conversation – look at why new solutions are needed to deal with our plastic waste…
After rough start, UN plastic treaty talks end with mandate for first draft
Reuters After a rocky start to a week of negotiations, around 170 countries agreed to develop a first draft by November of what could become the first global treaty to curb plastic pollution by the end of next year. Country delegations, NGOs and industry representatives gathered in Paris this week for the second round of […]
Plastic-spewing artwork unveiled for Paris talks against waste
Paris, FranceReuters Lobbyists Greenpeace unveiled an artwork in Paris on Saturday in the shape of a machine churning out bottles in front of an oil derrick to coincide with talks on eliminating plastic waste. Canadian artist Benjamin Von Wong said his five-metre-high work by the River Seine showed the link between fossil fuels and plastic […]
Plastic consumption on course to nearly double by 2050 – research
Singapore Reuters Plastic use in G20 countries is on course to nearly double by the middle of the century unless a comprehensive and legally binding global treaty to curb consumption is drawn up, according to research published on Monday. Existing programmes to boost recycling or cut single-use plastic consumption only “scratched the surface” and a […]
Future global treaty on plastics must cut production to ease pollution, some states say
Washington DC, USReuters Countries have begun to discuss a future global plastics treaty which would cut pollution, some hope entirely by 2040, at UN talks in Uruguay this week, with many states calling for curbs on plastic production as a way to reach that goal. United Nations members agreed in March on a resolution to […]