The Ministry of Environment will strengthen the mandate on the use of recycled plastic materials by companies that produce plastic bottles to reduce overall plastic consumption, the ministry said on ...

The fifth and intended final meeting of the Intergovernmental Negotiating Committee (INC) on plastic pollution in Busan, South Korea, concluded with negotiators unable to reach a deal on a new ...

Negotiators fail to reach agreement on plastic pollution treaty at talks in South Korea More than 100 countries want the treaty to limit production as well as tackle cleanup and recycling ...

The declaration came in July, just a few months before negotiators met in South Korea to try to finish crafting a treaty to ...

Oil became more than a fuel – it was the substance that came to dominate our lives. A petrochemical shift to the rise of an oil-dominated world. With capitalism untethered from natural cycles, there ...

In Bangladesh, a booming black market for scraps of plastic has sprung up in vast rubbish tips – many of the workers are ...

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump is moving to reverse a federal push away from plastic straws, declaring that paper straws “don’t work” and don’t last very long.

In early December 2024, hopes for a landmark global treaty to curb plastic pollution were dashed as negotiations in South Korea stalled. Leading the campaign against the deal were major oil ...

The declaration came in July, just a few months before negotiators met in South Korea to try to finish crafting a treaty to address the global crisis of plastic pollution. Negotiators didn’t ...

The declaration came in July, just a few months before negotiators met in South Korea to try to finish crafting a treaty to address the global crisis of plastic pollution. Talks resume this year.