To end the plastic crisis, the UN plastic pollution treaty must introduce new global binding rules to regulate production and consumption. These rules must include measures to ban, phase-out, ...

WWF International has urged governments to commit to a strong and effective legally binding treaty for global plastic pollution, INC-5, as the fifth and final negotiations round approaches.

If you don’t understand the scale of a problem, how can you effectively take steps to address it? How can you know what is ...

Why is plastic pollution a problem? Plastic pollution is the most visible example of the havoc we’re causing to our planet. From our local beaches to the remote Arctic, it is choking our oceans and ...

Tackling marine pollution through clearing up Hong Kong’s waterways But plastic production continues to rise, potentially doubling by 2040, according to projections cited by WWF, with ocean ...

Troy Mayne / WWF The health, resilience and productivity of marine and coastal ecosystems is increasingly affected by pollution, including land-based nutrient, pesticide and plastic pollution. WWF and ...

Plastic pollution has emerged as a critical environmental issue in Bangladesh, exacerbated by rapid urbanization, inadequate ...

WWF global plastics policy lead Eirik Lindebjerg ... governments agreed to establish a legally binding treaty to end plastic pollution. “Over this time, more than 800 million tonnes of plastic ...

It also claimed most plastic pollution comes from inadequate collection ... A report published last month by the World Wildlife Fund (WWF) also highlighted concerns about chemical-based ways ...

“WWF calls on countries to unite on the necessary binding upstream measures to end plastic pollution, develop the lists of products and chemicals to be banned, and to conclude the negotiation ...