No country receives more discarded plastic from wealthy countries, but shipments from the United States are no longer welcome ...

Malaysia’s actions position it as a potential leader in the ongoing negotiations for a Global Plastics Treaty, due to resume ...

As jockeying around the plastics treaty heats up ahead of August negotiations, global consumer brands are making the economic ...

Support is growing for a global treaty to address plastic waste. At least 100 nations have already expressed support for a plastic treaty, ...

When you outlaw or discourage the sale of plastic bags, fewer of them end up as litter on beaches.

“History shows that successful international environmental treaties are possible, as long as they have teeth,” says co-author ...

Malaysia emerged as a major destination for U.S. waste after China banned American waste imports in 2018. California shipped ...

The treaty, spearheaded by the United Nations in March 2022, aims to address plastic waste across its full life cycle—from production to disposal—and is expected to be finalised in 2026 following ongo ...

A new report by an expert group in the ISC has called for a science-backed global treaty to end the menace of plastic ...

Negotiations for the UN plastics treaty collapsed in late 2024 with nations unable to agree on how best to stop millions of tonnes of plastic from entering the environment each year.

Among the biggest culprits of plastic pollution in the ocean and along shorelines are thin plastic shopping bags, which have ...

The treaty, spearheaded by the United Nations in March 2022, aims to address plastic waste across its full life cycle—from production to disposal—and is expected to be finalised in 2026 following ongo ...