Negotiators failed to reach an agreement on a legally binding global treaty to combat plastic pollution by the Sunday ...

More than 100 countries want the treaty to limit production as well as tackle cleanup and recycling, which is essential to ...

A Plastic Planet argues failure to secure weak treaty in Busan will increase scrutiny on plastic producers and fossil fuel ...

The failure of recent global talks in Busan, South Korea, to produce a landmark treaty to combat plastic pollution, has ...

Countries negotiating a global treaty to address plastic pollution have failed to reach an agreement in Busan.

The Coca-Cola Company – named the world's worst plastic polluter for six consecutive years – appears to have dropped its ...

International talks to cut plastic pollution collapsed in the early hours of 2 December in what critics are billing as ...

It is recognised as the most significant environmental cause of disease and premature deaths globally, surpassing even ...

The fifth round of negotiations on a landmark UN plastics treaty, has ended without an agreement, marking a major setback in ...

The effort to remove President Yoon Suk Yeol reflected fury over his declaration of martial law. He lifted the order within hours after it incited protests. Members of South Korea’s opposition ...

Plastics only began to be produced in large quantities following the second world war – but plastic pollution has since become one of the most serious threats humanity faces. By 2015, 60% of all ...

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