Procedural disputes and geopolitical rivalries overshadowed the launch of a body in Geneva meant to assess the science on chemical pollution. Delegates now brace for similar tensions at plastics talks...

Geneva-The Plastics Treaty INC-5.2 negotiations closed today without an agreement, despite the majority of nations calling for meaningful, global

Report informs Plastics Treaty delegates of problems in plastic recycling and calls for upstream solutions to the plastics crisis  A new report from

Black recycled polyethylene pellets were collected from India, Nigeria and Taiwan. These pellet samples were used to create water leachates (in zebraf…

Producers promoted chemical recycling – processes used to break plastics into constituent molecules – but knew of limitations

People around the world are watching with disbelief as the new US government closes down its aid programme, withdraws from the World Health Organization (WHO) and the Paris agreement on climate change...

Researchers are calling for a substantial reduction in the number of chemicals used in plastics manufacturing, and a complete ban of chemicals known to be detrimental to both human health and the envi...