Waste pickers risk their lives to stop plastic pollution – now they could help shape global recycling policies
Waste pickers want a say in how policies are designed and implemented.
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Chewing gum is plastic pollution, not a litter problem
The reality is that chewing gum is just another form of plastic pollution, but it is not treated as such.
A global plastic treaty will only work if it caps production, modelling shows
But how the world will get to zero pollution is still uncertain – and production caps are untested.
COP24: how a plastics treaty could clean up our oceans
While the world gathers to negotiate on climate change, governments must recognise the public desire for action on plastic pollution and work together to solve it.
‘Everywhere we looked we found evidence’: the godfather of microplastics on 20 years of pollution research and the fight for global action
Since coining the term microplastics 20 years ago on May 7 2004, Richard Thompson reflects on the progress being made to halt plastic pollution.
The major source of ocean plastic pollution you’ve probably never heard of
Nurdles are a raw feedstock used to make most of the plastic products we use everyday, but they’re flooding the ocean as “mermaid tears”.
Plastic waste treaty: expert Q&A on the promise of a global agreement to reduce pollution
Without action in the next five years, an extra 80 million tonnes of plastic may end up in the ocean by 2040.
A global plastics treaty is being negotiated in Ottawa this week – here’s the latest
The treaty focuses on ending plastic pollution, not eliminating the use of plastics. But some countries are more ambitious than others.
Global plastic pollution talks have stalled – but a treaty is possible if countries can agree on these three things
Oil-rich nations and the petrochemical industry put up the strongest opposition to a pact.
We’re witnessing last‑ditch talks to secure a global plastic pollution treaty
Negotiators in Geneva face a critical moment to agree a Global Plastics Treaty before talks end, with the planet’s future at stake.
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