A man walks on a mountain of plastic bottles as he carries a sack of them to be sold for recycling after weighing them at the dump in the Dandora slum of Nairobi, Kenya on... A man walks on a ...
Documents leaked from an industry group show how plastics companies are pushing back against a “tide of anti-plastic sentiment.” By Hiroko Tabuchi Paid influencers on TikTok. An infomercial ...
Plastic waste pollutes our oceans, food, even our bodies. This week, 175 countries are trying to create a treaty to reduce that waste. Nations such as Saudi Arabia and Russia, who produce fossil ...
Can the world finally agree on how to end plastic pollution? We should know by the end of the week. “Some countries are pre-emptively protecting themselves, regardless of what happens with the ...
Negotiations over a U.N. treaty to cut plastics have been bogged down. Environmental groups blame the oil and gas industry. Negotiators from dozens of countries are in Busan, South Korea, trying to ...
Busan, South Korea — As the global plastics treaty talks race ahead in an attempt to finalize an agreement, the debate around how much any deal should limit both chemicals used in plastics and ...
Negotiators are gathering in Busan, South Korea, this week in a final push to forge a treaty to address the global crisis of plastic pollution. “We must end plastic pollution before plastic ...
BUSAN-As delegates from 175 countries gathered in Busan, South Korea, on Nov 25 for the fifth round of talks aimed at securing an international treaty to curb plastic pollution, lingering ...
(AP Photo/Sanjog Manandhar, File) Environment activists stage a rally calling for a strong global plastics treaty ahead of the fifth session of the Intergovernmental Negotiating Committee on Plastic ...
Copyright 2024 The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved. Negotiators gather in Busan, South Korea on Monday in what’s billed as a final push to address the global ...
As delegates from 175 countries gathered in Busan, South Korea, on Monday for the fifth round of talks aimed at securing an international treaty to curb plastic pollution, lingering divisions cast ...
But because of their strength, light weight, convenience, and low cost compared with other materials, these plastics have captured such a presence in humans’ daily lives that the world is ...