‘Very, very slow’: plastic treaty talks grind forward
Busan (South Korea) (AFP) - Negotiations on a first global treaty to curb plastic pollution are moving "very, very slowly", ...
Friday, May 1, 2026
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Plastic pollution talks: the key sticking points
Busan (South Korea) (AFP) - Nations gathered in Busan, South Korea have a week to agree the world's first treaty ...
Deep divisions on display at plastic pollution treaty talks
Busan (South Korea) (AFP) - A final round of talks on a treaty to curb plastic pollution opened on Monday, ...
Deep divisions on display at plastic pollution treaty talks
Busan (South Korea) (AFP) - A final round of talks on a treaty to curb plastic pollution opened on Monday, ...
‘Existential challenge’: plastic pollution treaty talks begin
Busan (South Korea) (AFP) - A final round of talks on a treaty to curb plastic pollution opened on Monday, ...
‘Crucial week’: make-or-break plastic pollution treaty talks begin
Busan (South Korea) (AFP) - A final round of talks on a treaty to end plastic pollution opens on Monday, ...
Mounting economic costs of India’s killer smog
New Delhi (AFP) - Noxious smog smothering the plains of north India is not only choking the lungs of residents ...
‘New wave’ as start-up sweeps up Thai ocean plastic
Koh Chang (Thailand) (AFP) - As a long-tail boat arrives at a fishing village on the southern Thai island of ...
Countdown to Busan: is a plastic pollution treaty in reach?
Bangkok (AFP) - Negotiators meet in less than a month to agree on the world's first treaty to end plastic ...
Ship with suspected toxic waste returns to Albania
Durrës (Albania) (AFP) - A ship carrying hundreds of tonnes of possibly toxic industrial waste returned to Albania's largest seaport ...
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