Tag: Plastic Pollution

What is the Zero Draft? The Zero Draft is the technical term for the first draft of the global plastics ...

WWF commends a comprehensive first draft of the global plastic pollution treaty that sets the stage for the upcoming treaty ...

Chemicals in plastics must be addressed as part of ongoing global action to combat plastic pollution, according to a new ...

Every week, humans could be ingesting between 0.1–5 g of microplastics on average, as per some scientists’ predictions. Every year, plastic ...

With microplastics thought to be potentially widely spread throughout the environment and human body; plastic waste of all shapes and ...

In early 2022, during the resumed Fifth United Nations Environment Assembly (UNEA5.2), nation states agreed to establish a binding global plastics ...

In March this year, the United Nations (UN) agreed on a legally-binding treaty to protect marine life on high seas. ...

World Ocean Day 2023 launches a powerful call to action with this year's theme "Planet Ocean: Tides are Changing". World ...

This year’s World Environment Day is focusing on solutions to the pressing issue of plastic pollution. Over 150 countries are ...

WWF is calling on governments to support global bans and phase-outs of the "most high-risk and unnecessary" single-use plastic products ...

On May 10, scientists from the Swiss Federal Institute for Forest, Snow and Landscape Research (WSL) and the Swiss Federal ...

In the North Pacific Ocean, between Hawaii and California, there is a shape-shifting, floating mass that’s three times the size ...