Talks to agree the world's first treaty to curb plastic pollution cannot fail and must tackle both production and consumption, the UN's environment chief told AFP on Monday.

Phys.org

United Kingdom

Plastic pollution talks must not fail: UN environment chief

Were the Busan negotiations to prove successful, next year will see a diplomatic convention where Ministers from signatory countries will likely adopt the text and set the ground for meetings to evolve a legally binding treaty to progressively weed out plastic

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The Hindu

The Hindu Group

India

After climate talks, countries gather for COP to end plastic

Fishing plastic waste out of the sea? Marine biologist Richard Thompson explains in an interview why he thinks this approach is illusory.

Plastikmüll aus dem Meer fischen? Der Meeresbiologe Richard Thompson erklärt im Interview, warum er den Ansatz für illusorisch hält.

Plastikmüll in Ozeanen: „Zu viele haben zu lange den Kopf in den Sand gesteckt“

Sueddeutsche Zeitung

Südwestdeutsche Medien Holding

Munich

Upper Bavaria

Bavaria

Germany

Plastic waste in oceans: “Too many have buried their heads in the sand for too long”

Negotiations over a U.N. treaty to cut plastics have been bogged down. Environmental groups blame the oil and gas industry.

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National Public Radio, Inc

Washington

District of Columbia

United States

Plastic waste is everywhere. Countries have one more chance to agree on a solution

People produce 400 million tons of plastic waste every year. Binding UN guidelines are intended to reduce this. The EU is calling for upper limits on production. China, on the other hand, is pushing for more efficient waste management.

400 Millionen Tonnen Plastikmüll produzieren Menschen jedes Jahr. Verbindliche Uno-Vorgaben sollen das reduzieren. Die EU fordert dafür Obergrenzen bei der Produktion. China drängt hingegen auf effizientere Abfallwirtschaft.

Plastikmüll: Uno plant Abkommen zur Reduzierung der weltweiten Plastikverschmutzung

Spiegel

Plastic waste: UN plans agreement to reduce global plastic pollution

"The Alliance to End Plastic Waste promised a $1.5 billion solution to plastic pollution. Five years later, it’s cleaned up less plastic than its members produce in two days.

ZME Science

Bucharest

Romania

Big oil and chemical companies teamed up to "end plastic waste". They produced 1,000 times more than they cleaned up

KPBS

California State University

For a week, the United Nations is negotiating an agreement to get the global problem of plastic waste under control. Which measures help and which don't?

Eine Woche lang verhandeln die Vereinten Nationen über ein Abkommen, um das weltweite Problem mit Plastikmüll in den Griff zu bekommen. Welche Maßnahmen helfen, welche nicht?

Plastikabkommen: Was hilft wirklich gegen die Plastikflut?

spektrum.de

Heidelberg

Baden-Württemberg

Plastic Agreement: What really helps against the plastic flood?

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A person holds an indication in opposition to plastic air pollution outdoors the venue on the COP29 U.N. Climate Summit on Saturday (November 16, 2024), in Baku, Azerbaijan.
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The exhaust from the planes that ferried ministerial delegates to Baku for the local weather convention, which concluded on Sunday (November 24, 2024), has barely settled. Yet a few of them discovered themselves on the red-eye to this c…

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After local weather talks, international locations collect for COP to finish plastic

Investigation reveals Alliance to End Plastic Waste members produced 1,000 times more plastic than they cleaned up, raising serious concerns about industry greenwashing.

Plastic pollution talks must not fail: UN environment chief

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