Plastic is destroying Earth — and recycling won’t help
A new report by Greenpeace USA reveals that recycling plastic not only fails to help the problem — it may actually make things worse. More significantly, the report reviews dozens…
Plastic recycling is failing – here’s how the world must respond
Recycling was once considered the obvious solution to the excessive amount of new (or virgin) plastic produced each year. This is no longer realistic. Global recycling capacity simply cannot keep…
Nations meet to strike plastic pollution treaty
More than 145 countries are hoping to hammer out a Plastics Treaty by 2025, with Norway co-leading the High Ambition Coalition in the talks. But environmental groups are warning that…
Administration seeks more relaxed approach on reducing plastics
The Washington Post reports that as negotiators seeking a global plastics treaty gather in Paris this week for another round of talks, the Biden administration is pushing to let countries…
Plastic recycling in focus as treaty talks get underway in Paris
As talks start this week on a global plastics treaty, debate is emerging between countries wanting to limit the production of more plastics and the petrochemical industry favoring recycling as…
UN talks on a treaty to end global plastic pollution open in Paris
A United Nations committee met in Paris Monday to work on what is intended to be a landmark treaty to bring an end to global plastic pollution, but there is…
Disagreements and tempers surge ahead of UN plastics meeting
Tensions are running high as representatives from the plastics industry, advocacy groups, and governmental organizations from around the world head to Paris for a meeting of the United Nations’ Intergovernmental…
Recycled plastic can be more toxic and is no fix for pollution, Greenpeace warns
Recycling plastic can make it more toxic and should not be considered a solution to the pollution crisis, Greenpeace has warned before the latest round of negotiations for an international…
Experts sound the alarm on toxic chemicals ahead of plastic treaty negotiations
Negotiators from around the world will convene in Paris next week to continue working on a legally binding global treaty to address the plastics crisis. In this second of five…
New Greenpeace Report Calls Out Toxic Hazards of Recycled Plastic
As global Plastics Treaty negotiations resume in Paris, scientific evidence overwhelmingly points to an urgent need to reduce plastic production and use to meet social justice, health and environmental imperatives…
