Minister of Environment Yasmine Fouad held a virtual meeting with Norwegian Minister of Climate and Environment Andreas Bjelland Eriksen as part of informal consultations ahead of the upcoming round ...

In 2019, when the UN Environmental Assembly last gathered face-to-face in Nairobi, talks about plastic waste were stymied primarily by the United States, which opposed a binding treaty.

US officials outlined their new position at a meeting in Nairobi, where key divisions persisted ahead of August talks to agree a global plastics pact The US government is pushing back against measures ...

EcoWaste Coalition reveals toxic cadmium and phthalate in plastic tarpaulins 3 July 2025, Quezon City.  Advocates for the ...

As jockeying around the plastics treaty heats up ahead of August negotiations, global consumer brands are making the economic ...

Countries have shown a united front for ambition after talks on a landmark plastic pollution treaty collapsed last year.

“History shows that successful international environmental treaties are possible, as long as they have teeth,” says co-author ...

When you outlaw or discourage the sale of plastic bags, fewer of them end up as litter on beaches.

No country receives more discarded plastic from wealthy countries, but shipments from the United States are no longer welcome ...

The treaty, spearheaded by the United Nations in March 2022, aims to address plastic waste across its full life cycle—from production to disposal—and is expected to be finalised in 2026 following ongo ...

Malaysia emerged as a major destination for U.S. waste after China banned American waste imports in 2018. California shipped ...

Scientists found microplastics in fluids around human eggs and sperm. Plastics from cookware and packaging affect human ...