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Plastic pollution treaty would be 'failure' without tackling emissions
New Scientist· 5 days agoDelegates from nearly every country gathered in Canada this week to hammer out the details of a...
Can a treaty undo the world's plastic problem? - Marketplace
Marketplace· 11 hours agoCreating a global treaty on plastic isn’t easy, but the U.S. and other United Nations members are...
A global plastic treaty will only work if it caps production, modelling shows
The Conversation· 1 day agoAn international agreement to end plastic pollution is due to be sealed this year in Busan, South Korea. This is the first time that a limit on the production ...
Ghost gear cleanup groups anxiously await federal funding
CBC via Yahoo News· 32 minutes agoZora McGinnis of Coastal Action says she's stuck sitting on her hands when she should be booking...
Global Plastics Treaty Talks: Yawning Gap Between Lofty Goals and Practical Effects
PlasticsToday.com· 4 days agoThe fourth gathering of the Intergovernmental Negotiating Committee (INC) on plastic pollution,...
The Future of Plastics Will Determine the Future of Oil Demand
Oilprice.com via Yahoo Finance· 6 days agoIt seems, then, that while noble, the goal of reducing plastic pollution may be harder to achieve than it seems. The UN talks are a good example themselves ...
Canada Publishes Notice for the Reporting of Plastic | JD Supra
JD Supra· 2 days agoThe Government of Canada recently announced what it characterizes as comprehensive measures to reduce plastic pollution in efforts to move toward a circular ...
Toxic microplastic hotspots found in Long Island Sound by CT nonprofit advocacy group
The News-Times· 6 days agoMicroplastics are microscopic pieces shed by all plastic material, including synthetic textile...
G7 support UN agreements on plastic, protection of the high seas
dpa international via Yahoo News· 4 days ago"As industrialized countries, we have a special obligation to curb the effects of the massive ...
86% of Great Lakes litter is plastic, a 20-year study shows. And the plastic is ‘just getting...
Chicago Tribune via Yahoo News· 6 days agoCHICAGO — Heads down and attentively scanning the ground, a small group of schoolchildren walked...