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Stalled Geneva talks threaten landmark plastic pollution treaty

The first week of talks in Geneva fell behind schedule, producing no clear text as countries remained split on step one: the treaty’s purpose and scope

Euractiv - Environment - 11 hours ago

Four Days Left To Square The Circle On Global Plastic Pollution Treaty

Countries remained at loggerheads Monday over how to tackle plastic pollution, with only four days left to craft a landmark global treaty on reining in the ever-growing scourge.

International Business Times - Business - 20 hours ago

The Real Fix for Microplastics in Our Clothes

Cotton prices haven’t changed since the 1970s, while costs have skyrocketed. How do we expect farmers to survive, let alone innovate?

Epoch Times - Top Stories - 2 days ago

Here's why the UN is negotiating a treaty to end plastic pollution

Negotiations are under way at the UN to reach a legally-binding treaty to end plastic pollution.

Aljazeera - Environment - 3 days ago

Plastics 'crisis' is costing $1.5 trillion in global deaths and injuries, report says

Plastic production is set to triple by 2060, fueled by petrochemical-producing countries' pivoting away from declining fossil fuel use — and toward plastic.

NBC News - Science - 3 days ago

Ghana's waste pickers brave mountains of plastic – and big industry

Accra has been picked by a World Bank bond to end the waste crisis. But for informal recyclers, it is a false solution.

Aljazeera - Environment - 4 days ago

Plastic credits: A 'false solution' or the answer to global plastic waste?

As UN meets to negotiate an international treaty to curb plastic pollution, many favour carbon credit-like offsetting.

Aljazeera - Environment - 4 days ago

Knives Out: Celebrities Reveal Plastic Surgery Secrets — But One Procedure Still Taboo

Cosmetic surgery is finally out of the closet, turning actors into evangelists and top doctors into superstars, yet there's still a very common procedure that nobody wants to talk about.

Hollywood Reporter - Top Stories - 5 days ago

Final push for global treaty to end plastic pollution begins in Geneva

With plastic production projected to triple by 2060, pressure is mounting to secure a binding agreement that tackles the crisis at its source.

Euronews - Environment - 6 days ago

Scientists find microplastics in human brains, effects still unknown

Microplastics have been found in human brains, but scientists caution that there is not yet enough evidence to know if they cause harm

Daily Sabah - Health - 6 days ago

Can a global treaty solve the plastics crisis?

More than 170 countries are negotiating a binding agreement to slash fossil plastic production — and pollution. The oil industry claims we can recycle our way out of the problem.

Deutsche Welle - Environment - 6 days ago

VOLTAGE: Plastic pollution showdown begins

In today's edition: industry subsidies, 2040 woes, green steel.

Euractiv - Environment - 6 days ago

Countries gather to thrash out deal on 'plastic crisis'

The world's nations are hoping to sign the first global plastic treaty to limit plastic pollution.

BBC News - Science - 6 days ago

Plastic promises: EU enters tough talks with petrostates over global treaty

No result will be achieved without shifts in position from all sides, an EU official said

Euractiv - Environment - 6 days ago

Plastic pollution linked to widespread disease and death, warns Lancet

Plastic pollution is a mounting global health crisis causing widespread disease and death, with annual economic losses surpassing $1.5 trillion, according to a new report published in The Lancet.The...

International The News - Health - 7 days ago

Plastic pollution causing global health crisis: Report

Plastic pollution is a 'grave, growing and under-recognised danger' to health that is costing the world at least $1.5 trillion a year, experts warned in a...

Daily Sabah - Health - 7 days ago

Microplastics found in brain tissue, health risks still unclear

PARIS: Tiny shards of plastic called microplastics have been detected accumulating in human brains, but there is not yet enough evidence to say whether this is doing us harm, experts have said.These...

International The News - Health - 10 days ago

Artist Uses Ocean Plastic to Create Her Take on Barbie Doll

This Barbie doll is more likely to cause nightmares than lovely dreams.

Inside Edition - Weird - 12 days ago

One of the biggest microplastic pollution sources revealed

Tire wear particles have been found to account for about 45 per cent of all microplastics in both terrestrial and aquatic systems

Independent UK - Science - 19 days ago

EPA Says It Plans to Withdraw Approval for Chevron's Plastic-Based Fuels That Are Likely to Cause Cancer

The decision comes after a ProPublica investigation revealed that the EPA had found that one of the fuels had a cancer risk more than 1 million times higher than the agency usually considers acceptable.

ProPublica - Environment - 10 months ago

CBS Reports | Does Big Plastic's Idea Work? -- As America grapples with an escalating plastic crisis, the city of Houston, ExxonMobil and other partners announced a new program that promised to recycle nearly all of the city's plastic waste. However, after two years, the program has yet to fully materialize. Critics argue that the evidence suggests it never will. And yet, the company envisions similar programs in other American cities. CBS Reports and Inside Climate News investigate whether this proposed solution to our plastic recycling crisis is indeed too good to be true.

As America grapples with an escalating plastic crisis, the city of Houston, ExxonMobil and other partners announced a new program that promised to recycle nearly all of the city's plastic waste. However, after two years, the program has yet to fully materialize. Critics argue that the evidence suggests it never will. And yet, the company envisions similar programs in other American cities.

CBS News - Top Stories - 11 months ago