UN Talks on Plastics Fall Short, End With No Global Treaty to Control Waste

Negotiations in South Korea for a global treaty on plastic waste stalemated over limits on plastic production and the ...
Newsday

New draft of global plastic pollution treaty wouldn't limit plastic production

GENEVA — Negotiators working on a treaty to address global plastic pollution discussed a new draft of the text Wednesday that wouldn't limit plastic production or address chemicals used in plastic ...
Newsday

Countries deadlocked on plastic production and chemicals as talks on a global treaty draw to a close

GENEVA — Negotiations on a global treaty to end plastic pollution will draw to a close Friday, as nations remain deadlocked over whether to tackle the exponential growth of plastic production. A new ...
Democracy Now

Nations Struggle to Forge Plastic Pollution Treaty Amid Opposition by Chemical Industry and U.S.

In Geneva, efforts to secure an international treaty to curb plastic pollution are in doubt on the final day of negotiations. Nearly 100 of the 184 countries gathered at the United Nations talks ...
New Orleans City Business

US at plastics treaty talks is rare international participation under Trump. What’s the goal?

Under President Donald Trump’s leadership, the United States has withdrawn from international negotiations and commitments, particularly around climate. But the U.S. is very much involved in treaty ...
The Grand Junction Daily Sentinel

Plastic pollution treaty talks deadlocked

Negotiations on a global treaty on plastic pollution are being blocked by oil-producing countries and getting bogged down in a "dialogue of the deaf", sources at the talks told AFP on Thursday. Ten ...

Talks on a Plastics Treaty Have Begun. Here's How to Stop Plastic Waste

With negotiations underway for a global plastics treaty, business leaders and scientists explain how we can stop the plastic ...
News-Press NOW

Global plastic treaty talks end in failure as countries remain bitterly divided over how to tackle the crisis

(CNN) — Talks to finalize the world’s first treaty on plastic pollution in Geneva, Switzerland collapsed in failure Friday as countries remained bitterly divided how to tackle the crisis. The summit, ...
Sun Sentinel

Groups seek to influence plastic pollution treaty talks at the UN as negotiations wind down

GENEVA (AP) — Environmentalists and Indigenous leaders held signs Tuesday in front of the United Nations buildings in Geneva, where talks for a global accord to end plastic pollution are taking place, ...
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Artist drowns sculpture in plastic waste in front of the UN during plastic pollution treaty talks

GENEVA – As nations began a second week of negotiations Monday for a global accord to end plastic pollution, an artist heaped piles of plastic waste onto a large sculpture in front of the United ...
Boston Herald

People climb buildings and hand out soap to push for a plastic pollution treaty

GENEVA (AP) — A Swiss ocean protection group is handing out bars of soap to negotiators working on a global accord to end plastic pollution. The messaging on the cardboard box from the Geneva-based ...