Trade Measures Critical to Ending Plastic Pollution

Essential commercial measures to put an end to plastic pollution

This assessment of the United Nations Trade and Development body, Trectacome an update Posted Thursday before the last series of talks to develop a legally binding international instrument against plastic pollution. “Although plastics are directly linked to the triple planetary triple crisis – pollution, loss of biodiversity and climate change – there is still no […]

Kenyan waste pickers demand inclusion, recognition in Global Plastics Treaty - EnviroNews - latest environment news, climate change, renewable energy

Kenya’s waste pickers are demanding recognition and inclusion in the global plastics treaty negotiations ahead of the second session of the fifth Intergovernmental Negotiating Committee (INC-5.2) on plastic pollution in Geneva, Switzerland. Speaking in Nairobi on July 31, 2025, the Kenya National Waste Pickers Welfare Association Chairman, Brian Gisore Nyabuti, called on world leaders to ensure that the voices of those on the frontlines of plast…

Trade measures critical to ending plastic pollution

Trade must be part of the solution to end plastic pollution – a global problem which disproportionately affects developing countries.

Ocean Conservancy Experts Head to Final Round of Plastics Treaty Negotiations in Geneva

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