PepsiCo: The world needs a global plastics treaty

Governments have a generational opportunity to address the global challenge of plastic waste next week, when they gather for the fifth and final time to negotiate a United Nations Global Treaty to ... Read More

Rich Nations Are Burying the Developing World in Plastic Waste

According to a new analysis published last week, United Nations data on the global waste trade fails to account for “hidden” plastics in textiles, contaminated paper bales, and other ... Read More

Rich countries export twice as much plastic waste to the developing ...

Discarded clothing, for example, may be tracked as HS 5505 and not counted as plastic waste, even though 60 to 70 percent of all textiles are made of some kind of plastic. And another category ... Read More

‘A once-in-a-lifetime opportunity’: The world’s fight to curb ...

The agreement aims to “end plastic pollution” with measures that not only would improve how the world handles plastic waste but also could reduce how much of the ubiquitous material is made. Read More

World pumps out 57 million tons of plastic pollution yearly and most ...

India leads the world in generating plastic waste, producing 10.2 million tons a year (9.3 million metric tons), far more than double the next big-polluting nations, Nigeria and Indonesia. Read More

The consequences of a plastic-filled world

Up until this point, there hasn't been much in terms of global action on plastic; however back in March, 170 nations backed a U.N. resolution to end plastic pollution with an international legally ... Read More

The World Is Pumping Out 57 Million Tons of Plastic Pollution a Year

The world creates 57 million tons of plastic pollution every year and spreads it from the deepest oceans to the highest mountaintop to the inside of people's bodies, according to a new study that ... Read More

How the world is being overwhelmed by endless amounts of trash

The world now discards 250 million pounds of clothes, 220 aluminum cans and three million tires every day — but it’s plastics causing the most problems. Primary Menu Sections US News ... Read More

Malaysia no longer takes U.S. plastic waste, creating a dilemma for California

Malaysia emerged as a major destination for U.S. waste after China banned American waste imports in 2018. California shipped 864 shipping containers, or more than 10 million pounds of plastic waste, ... Read More

How The Global Waste Trade Passes The Buck Across The World

More than 250,000 waste brokers in the United Kingdom would eventually be found to be operating without legal permits, garbage parvenus looking to make quick cash off the UK’s desperate attempt to ... Read More

One way a plastics treaty could help the Global South: Fund waste ...

There are some 20 million waste pickers in the world, mostly in the Global South; together their efforts account for 60 percent of the plastic recycled on Earth. Read More

The world is pumping out 57 million tons of plastic pollution a year

For 15% of the world’s population, government fails to collect and dispose of waste, the study’s authors said — a big reason Southeast Asia and Sub-Saharan Africa produce the most plastic waste. Read More