Even if the jury on microplastics is still out, there is enough evidence of the harmful effects of chemical additives in plastics for the U.N. to act now.

A 22-page draft document prepared by the INC, containing 32 articles, will serve as the basis for negotiations ...

As over 100 countries push for a reduction in plastic pollution, the US urges countries to reject global plastic treaty talks.

One of the world’s leading producers of plastics, the US has also proposed revising the draft objective of the treaty to ...

Final negotiations on a treaty to end plastic pollution are underway in Geneva. But with the United States lining up in ...

The United States has sent letters to at least a handful of countries urging them to reject the goal of a global pact that ...

Virgin resin production caps remain in the mix in the global plastics treaty talks, but there are signs at the start of the ...

Nations kicked off a meeting on Tuesday to try to complete a landmark treaty aimed at ending the plastic pollution crisis ...

Plastic waste is littered across the beach of Costa del Este, in Panama City, in April 2021. Countries are gathering in ...