The negotiations in Busan, South Korea, were supposed to be the fifth and final round to produce the first legally binding treaty on plastics pollution, including in the oceans, by the end of 2024.

Negotiators from around the globe are descending on Busan, South Korea, this week for a final scheduled meeting aimed at crafting a global treaty to curb plastics pollution. They have a long way ...

New research on nanoplastics pollution and ‘chemicals of concern’ underscores the need for a strong agreement when ...

D elegates from more than 170 nations are gathered in Busan this week to hammer out the details of what could become the world’s first treaty paving the path to end plastic pollution.

The use of plastics has quadrupled over the past 30 years. Plastic is ubiquitous. And every day, the equivalent of 2,000 garbage trucks full of plastic are dumped into the world’s oceans, rivers ...

“A treaty like this is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity,” said John Hocevar, Greenpeace’s oceans campaign director. “Just a few years ago, it was hard to imagine that the whole world would ...

Fresh from Busan, South Korea, assistant managing editor Steve Toloken talks about the latest round of global plastics treaty talks held by the United Nations Environment Programme. Although an ...

Environment activists shout slogans during a rally calling for a strong global plastics treaty ahead of the fifth session of the Intergovernmental Negotiating Committee on Plastic Pollution which ...

On Oct. 21, the Business Coalition for a Global Plastics Treaty announced it had signed the Bridge to Busan, a position statement from 40 nations and the European Union that favors reaching ...

BUSAN, South Korea — Global talks to forge a landmark treaty aimed at reducing plastic pollution broke down after negotiators from more than 170 countries remained deadlocked over how to curb ...

Over 100 countries want an ambitious plastics treaty. Oil-producing nations are getting in the way. “If it wasn’t for Saudi and Russia we would have reached an agreement here.” ...

In the run-up to Busan, if the Philippines is really serious in showing its leadership in the plastics treaty negotiations, it can do so by joining the High Ambition Coalition, a group of ...