On plastic waste management and product design, India said there shall be provisions for financial and technical assistance, ...

India has said that the legally binding international agreement on plastic pollution, currently under discussion in Busan, South Korea, must account for each country’s national circumstances, uphold ...

The EU’s push for a global plastics treaty is a crucial step toward mitigating the environmental and health risks of plastic ...

India suggests a multilateral fund to assist developing nations in tackling plastic pollution at global talks in Busan.

On a Philippines beach, barefoot children jumped and played on shoals of plastic washed ashore in previous typhoons.

Even if 50 per cent more plastic was recycled there would still be a pollution problem, a French minister said this week.

Donald Trump’s election victory could jeopardise global efforts to curb plastic production as nations convene in South Korea to negotiate the first UN treaty on plastic waste, according to attendees ...

Representatives of ExxonMobil, Dow, BASF and Sabic are among the oil and petrochemical firms with participants at the INC-5 ...

Tiny fragments of plastic have been detected in our lungs, liver, kidneys, and even our brain. While studies confirm plastic ...

Will the ‘Plastic Train to Busan’ bring hope? Korea to host UN meeting on plastic regulation agreement ‘Deaths have occurred’: Chinese embassy warns against plastic surgery in Korea ...

Industry groups have ramped up pressure to ensure that a list of banned plastic products is excluded from the UN treaty under negotiation in Busan, South Korea, while environmental organisations have ...

Is virgin plastic production vital or completely unsustainable? For the industry lobbyists at UN talks on plastic pollution, ...