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As global concerns over 75 trillion tonnes of plastics in circulation grow, the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization

It has invested about Sh262 million that has helped nearly double the amount of plastic collected and recycled in Kenya over the past ten years

The parties also reaffirmed their commitment to "the goals, principles and structural framework of the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change of May 9, 1992 and the Paris Agreement of December 12, 2015"

The cracker plant uses ethane from fracked gas to make ethylene and ultimately to manufacture up to 1.6 million tons of plastic per year.

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The United Nations Environment Assembly (UNEA) through resolution 5/14 has requested its Director to convene an Intergovernmental Negotiating Committee (INC) to develop an International legally binding instrument on plastic pollution,...

The bacterial spores are incorporated into the bulk plastic. Interestingly, this plastic is more durable and flexible, mirroring the way rebar reinforces concrete.

Bola Ramos distributing reusable bags to consumers during the outreach.

Current methods to count plastic pollution in rivers are insufficient and do not account for the fragments that sink below the surface, a team of scientists has warned.

Business a.m. The United States Agency for International Development (USAID) and the Coca-Cola Foundation have teamed up to launch the Nigeria Plastic Solutions Activity (NPSA) initiative, aimed at finding novel recycling solutions for…

Sir: Plastic waste pollution is a growing environmental menace affecting lives and livelihoods across the world. But the latest efforts to combat this problem through a global plastics treaty have...

Plastic pollution cannot be ended by treaties, without investment in alternatives

United States Agency for International Development (USAID) has said that Nigeria is the ninth highest contributor to plastic pollution, with about 2.5 million tonnes of plastic waste annually.

Thirty years ago, while counting barnacles, limpets and seaweeds along rocky shores, I started noticing a daily tide of litter, mostly plastic. As a marine biology Ph.D. student at Liverpool University, I kept removing it, but the next day…

An international agreement to end plastic pollution is due to be sealed this year in Busan, South Korea. At the penultimate round of negotiations, held in Ottawa, Canada, Rwanda and Peru proposed a target to cut the weight of primary…

Get latest articles and stories on World at LatestLY. An international agreement to end plastic pollution is due to be sealed this year in Busan, South Korea. At the penultimate round of negotiations, held in Ottawa, Canada, Rwanda and…

Negotiations for a global plastic pollution treaty have hit on production limits for the first time.

Since coining the term microplastics 20 years ago on May 7 2004, Richard Thompson reflects on the progress being made to halt plastic pollution.

But how the world will get to zero pollution is still uncertain – and production caps are untested.

The urgency of addressing plastic pollution in the oceans is a critical issue that requires immediate global action. According to the UN Environment Programme (UNEP), plastic pollution in oceans is on a rapid increase, with projections…