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Towards a UN Plastics Treaty: Barriers and a Path Forward After INC 5.2
As the process for a UN Plastics Treaty continue, after a tumultuous INC 5.2, countries must now address the significant barriers to progress by minimizing conflicts of interest and enacting voting procedures on substantive matters.
Insights Paper: Effective National Planning to Coordinate Action on Plastic Pollution
The National Planning Working Group for Plastics Action recommends and identifies national plastics policy plans for greatest potential impact to reduce plastic pollution.
UN Plastics Treaty: What to Watch for at INC-5.2
Negotiations for a UN Plastics Treaty resume in Switzerland August of 2025. The draft text outlines key divergences in country positions. Decisions on these key articles will determine if the treaty can effectively address plastic pollution.
Setting the Stage for INC-5.2
Ahead of INC-5.2, the Environmental Investigation Agency released a summary of potential plastics treaty negotiations outcomes, and what they mean for finalizing a Global Plastics Treaty.
Model Legislative Toolkits
There isn’t just one way to enact sensible and effective zero waste policies in the U.S.: every state, city, and community has its own needs. Just Zero has designed model legislative toolkits that are interactive and customizable to help you build a bill or bills across a range of interest areas.
Minnesota Settles ‘Deceptive Environmental Marketing’ Lawsuit Over ‘Recycling’ Plastic Bags
Walmart and Reynolds Consumer Products have agreed to stop selling certain plastic bags in Minnesota for two and a half years, after the state’s attorney general, Keith Ellison, argued in court that the companies had falsely marketed them as recyclable. If Walmart or Reynolds resume selling the bags after the moratorium, they must be labeled…
Plastic Waste Transparency Project Hub
On the Plastic Waste Transparency Project Hub, activists, policy makers, academics and industry stakeholders can find up-to-date information on the global trade in plastic waste, the countries and actors engaged in it, as well as campaign information to combat the unsustainable trade in plastic waste.
Plastics Action: A Guide to the Plastics and Toxics Crisis
Safer States has compiled a guide to the plastics and toxics crisis, with a focus on how plastics harm humans and the environment throughout their entire lifecycle. The guide highlights the dangers of microplastics, plastic’s connections to climate change, the difference between real and false solutions, and more.
Southeast Asia Flooded with Imported Plastic Waste Meant for Recycling
Last year, the U.S. exported more than 950 million tons of plastic waste meant for recycling and a significant portion of that ended up in Southeast Asia. The region has been inundated with plastic scrap after China blocked all but the cleanest plastic waste imports in 2018. Special correspondent Fred de Sam Lazaro reports on…
Can Plastic Recycling Ever Really Work?
Despite bearing the chasing arrows symbol, lots of plastic packaging is actually non-recyclable. A new “truth-in-labeling” law will prohibit companies from placing recycling symbols on products that are not widely recycled in the state by the year 2025.
