UN Environment Assembly

'The beginning of the end of plastic pollution': 175 nations adopt historic plan to deliver plastics treaty

Policy

'The beginning of the end of plastic pollution': 175 nations adopt historic plan to deliver plastics treaty

UN to start work on blueprint for treaty hailed as ‘most significant multilateral deal’ since the Paris Agreement on climate change in 2015

clock 02 March 2022 • 7 min read
Can a global plastics treaty help tackle the pollution crisis?

Waste

Can a global plastics treaty help tackle the pollution crisis?

With countries set to discuss potential blueprint for a Paris Agreement-style treaty for tackling plastic waste this week, leading experts give their views on what it should look like

clock 25 February 2022 • 13 min read
'It is getting worse': As OECD lays bare stark state of plastic pollution crisis, calls for global treaty grow

Supply chain

'It is getting worse': As OECD lays bare stark state of plastic pollution crisis, calls for global treaty grow

Campaigners are stepping up calls for a global treaty to tackle plastic pollution, as evidence grows that voluntary measures are struggling to turn the tide of plastic waste

clock 22 February 2022 • 10 min read
'A deadly ticking clock': Calls mount for a global pact to tackle plastic pollution

Waste

'A deadly ticking clock': Calls mount for a global pact to tackle plastic pollution

Campaigners and companies call on governments to establish treaty that aims to curb plastic production and consumption, as well as ramp up recycling and waste management infrastructure

clock 18 January 2022 • 2 min read