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INC-5: What to look out for at plastics treaty talks in Busan

Nations gather in South Korea this month for a final meeting on curbing plastic pollution. Who are the key players – and is a deal likely?
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Waste

Singapore climate group calls for pollution tax and production cuts ahead of crucial plastic treaty negotiations

In an open letter to government negotiators headed to Busan to hammer out a historic global plastic treaty, climate activists called on the city-state to adopt a leadership position in tackling pollution by pushing for a tax on producers, a more transparent supply chain, and "genuinely sustainable" waste management solutions.
INC Chair Luis Vayas Valdivieso, Ecuador

Waste

Chair of global plastics treaty talks seeks to hasten consensus following ‘difficult’ working draft

A final text must materialise this year, but officials are still wrangling over the wording for a treaty on ending plastic pollution. The head of the negotiations urges dialogue and compromise among stakeholders with competing interests.
Packaging for Taiwanese bottled water brand pH Balancer bears the plastic resin identification code for PET. Though the circular recycling symbol implies recyclability, it actually refers to the type of plastic used. Only 81 per cent of PET is recycled globally.

Waste

‘The recycling deception’: Plastics industry accused of greenwashing circularity, stalling progress on pollution treaty

Using misleading recycling symbols, the plastics industry has duped regulators and consumers into believing in the circularity of plastic, a study by Planet Tracker finds. The non-profit warns investors of plastic liability risks.

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17 May 2024

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Plastics treaty’s penultimate talks: five takeaways

26 April 2024

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Waste

Philippine government split on joining coalition to cut plastic production: UN treaty participants

23 April 2024

A beach in north Jakarta, Indonesia, devastated by plastic pollution.

Waste

Petrochemicals lobby 'spreading misinformation, false solutions' as plastic treaty talks begin

19 April 2024

Global Plastics Treaty art installation

Waste

Filipinos strongest supporters of plastic reduction ahead of UN treaty talks

17 January 2024

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Waste

A difficult road ahead for treaty to end plastic pollution

8 December 2023

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Waste

Oil interests impede plastic treaty progress

31 May 2023

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Waste

Global South pushes for waste pickers’ rights in UN plastic treaty

8 May 2023

Doug Woodring, founder and managing director, Ocean Recovery Alliance

Waste

UN treaty will backfire if it stifles transboundary plastics trade: Ocean Recovery Alliance's Doug Woodring

25 January 2023

A beach in Bali, Indonesia, polluted with marine plastic.

Water

Would a global plastic treaty solve plastic pollution in Asia?

20 September 2022

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Waste

More wins eyed in UN plastic treaty than at COP27: environmental law expert

28 February 2022

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Waste

Plastic industry leans on Filipino negotiators over plastics treaty

4 February 2022

Littered beach, Bali, Indonesia

Waste

As world goes under plastic waste, UN to hammer out global treaty

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