plastic pollution

August 15, 2025 2:15 PM

Plastic pollution treaty stalled as Geneva talks end without deal

Delegates discussing the world's first legally binding treaty to tackle plastic pollution failed to reach consensus, diplomats said on Friday, voicing disappointment and even rage that the 10-day talks produced no deal. Delegates had been seeking a breakthrough in the deadlocked United Nations' talks in Geneva, but states pushing for an ambitious treaty said that the latest text released in the early hours of Friday failed to meet their expectations. French ecology minister Agnes Pannier-Runac...

August 5, 2025 10:20 AM

Oil producer pressure, Trump rollbacks threaten last-chance global plastics treaty

Hopes for a "last-chance" ambitious global treaty to curb plastic pollution have dimmed as delegates gather this week at the United Nations in Geneva for what was intended to be the final round of negotiations. Diplomats and climate advocates warn that efforts by the European Union and small island states to cap virgin plastic production - fuelled by petroleum, coal and gas - are threatened by opposition from petrochemical-producing countries and the U.S. administration of President Donald Trum...

May 22, 2025 5:13 PM

Nationwide mass mobilization campaign launched against plastic pollution

Union Minister for Environment, Forest and Climate Change Bhupender Yadav on Thursday announced the launch of a nationwide mass mobilisation campaign against plastic pollution in the lead-up to World Environment Day. The campaign, titled ‘One Nation, One Mission: End Plastic Pollution’, aims to raise awareness, drive behaviour change, and promote sustainable alternatives to plastic use across the country. It is part of the government’s larger Mission LiFE (Lifestyle for Environment) initi...

January 24, 2025 4:40 PM

WEF 2025: 25 countries unite to fight against global plastic pollution, climate change

Even as plastic waste continues to pose an urgent global challenge, seven more countries have joined the fight against plastic pollution, taking the total to 25 at the recently concluded World Economic Forum’s annual meeting here. The seven new countries -- Angola, Bangladesh, Gabon, Guatemala, Kenya, Senegal, and Tanzania -- will contribute to WEF’s Global Plastic Action Partnership (GPAP) by scaling up systemic plastic waste management solutions and fostering greater sustainability and cl...