Between 20 and 34 million people are believed to work as waste pickers worldwide, playing a crucial role in recovering ...

A UN meeting on preventing plastics pollution ended in disarray over the weekend. Read more at straitstimes.com.

A depression over Bay of Bengal intensified into cyclone Fengal over the last week, bringing widespread, heavy rains to Tamil ...

Negotiators in South Korea wrapped up another round of talks on a global treaty to address plastic pollution but failed to ...

Negotiators working on a treaty to address the global crisis of plastic pollution for a week in South Korea won't reach an ...

Delegates from more than 170 countries attempting to negotiate a treaty to curb global plastic pollution ended a weeklong ...

Oil-rich nations like Saudi Arabia strongly oppose efforts to reduce plastic production and use procedural tactics to delay ...

Delegates from more than 170 countries huddled for a week of marathon negotiations but came up short on delivering a treaty.

An analysis by the Centre for International Environmental Law (CIEL) found that 220 lobbyists had registered for INC-5.

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Delegates attending the fifth session of the Intergovernmental Negotiations Committee (INC-5) in Busan, South Korea leave the ...

A woman holds a sign during a rally to demand stronger global commitments to fight plastic waste at the fifth session of the ...