Minister of Environment Yasmine Fouad held a virtual meeting with Norwegian Minister of Climate and Environment Andreas ...

Plastic pollution ranks as one of the three most-pressing environmental concerns, along with climate change and water pollution, according to a 2019 survey included in the Business Case for a UN ...

US officials outlined their new position at a meeting in Nairobi, where key divisions persisted ahead of August talks to ...

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

In observance of International Plastic Bag Free Day 2025, environmental justice group BAN Toxics reaffirms its unwavering ...

Researchers find that nationwide policies to ban plastic bags may be paying off, with fewer showing up during coastal ...

The Philippines has signed an international declaration, joining 94 other countries in calling for an effective treaty to end global plastic pollution.

NICE, France (10 June 2025) - Today’s call from more than 90 countries reaffirming their ambition to end plastic pollution is a welcome signal of global cooperation, but still “the bare minimum” of ...

The UN has estimated that more than 400 million tonnes of plastic are produced annually, with less than 10% being recycled.

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

In the 'Nice Call for an Ambitious Treaty on Plastic Pollution,' issued at the United Nations Ocean Conference, 95 countries demanded that a global target to reduce plastic production and consumption ...