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In March 2022, at the resumed fifth session of the UN Environment Assembly (UNEA-5.2), a historic resolution was adopted to develop an international legally binding instrument on plastic pollution, ...

It’s one of the biggest cooking weeks of the year for many families. Chances are there’s a well-used black plastic spatula, spoon or ladle near the stove. Scientists say it belongs in the trash.

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 ...

There's a pattern of the U.S. "advocating for very weak agreements that it then ends up not participating in anyway," Muffett said ahead of a prior round of plastic negotiations in Canada this spring.

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 ...

Some readers may remember Bakelite. Patented in the early 1900s, it is classed as the first fully synthetic plastic made from phenol from coal tar and formaldehyde from wood alcohol (methanol). It was ...

(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 ...

The aim is to produce a legally binding treaty that will address the world’s plastic pollution problem by tackling the material throughout its full lifecycle. National delegations still have ...

For two years, nations have worked to come up with a global agreement to tackle plastic pollution — a staggering problem with widespread implications for the planet and human health. The ...