Plastic pollution
Scientists Urge Governments to Act Now
Scientists have urged governments to act immediately on plastic pollution, as waiting for a binding Global Plastics Treaty could mean years of damaging delay even as plastic waste continues to accelerate worldwide. Antaya March, Director of the Global Plastics Policy Centre at the University of Portsmouth in the United Kingdom, has argued in a new…
Bridging Gaps for Global Plastics Treaty
Japan is preparing to convene informal meetings aimed at breaking the deadlock in global negotiations on a legally binding treaty to address plastic pollution, as governments gather in Nairobi, Kenya for the seventh session of the United Nations Environment Assembly (UNEA-7), which took place December 8 to December 12, 2025. The country said the sessions…