plastic pollution

Environmental groups express outrage at governments' failure to deliver an new treaty to tackle plastic pollution

Attempts to deliver new global plastics treaty blocked by small group of petrostates, forcing negotiations to be extended into next year

Group of leading businesses meet with UK government ahead of upcoming final round of negotiations aimed at agreeing a landmark final plastic pollution treaty before the end of this year

Global action across the plastics lifecycle could nearly eliminate plastic pollution by 2040, a new OECD report claims

Planet Tracker warns firms face reputational and litigation costs to the tune of tens of billions of dollars over the use of damaging plastics and 'forever chemicals'

Activists call on consumer goods giant to rapidly phase out single-use plastic, starting with sachets that are blamed for driving plastic pollution in developing countries

Coca-Cola Europacific Partners has said in response that 'we care about the impact of every drink we sell'

Planet Tracker warns industry push to promote recycling as primary solution to plastic waste could lead to weak outcome as governments negotiate Global Plastics Treaty

Latest round of UN talks to finalise treaty to end plastic pollution worldwide draw to a close in Ottawa with pockets of progress but much still to play for

Companies with $15.5tr in combined assets call on governments to deliver ambitious new treaty to tackle pollution across the entire plastic value chain