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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.
EPA Rollback: A New Era of Deregulation
The Center for International Environmental Law (CIEL) reveals how the U.S. federal government’s efforts to move well outside of standard processes to grant powerful corporations exemptions from potentially life-saving emissions regulations, coupled with the large and fast-moving buildout of new petrochemical production facilities across the U.S. (and globally), is further threatening communities’ right to breathe…
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.
United States of Plastics Report
Ocean Conservancy has released a first-of-its-kind report that grades states based on analysis of local laws designed to reduce plastic pollution. California received the highest score and Mississippi the worst.
Plastic Foam Needs ‘To Go’: How Takeout Containers—and Other Types of Plastic Foam—Hurt Our Oceans and Our Health
Oceana publishes research showing how single-use plastic foam items, such as food takeout containers, are a common type of plastic pollution that threatens human and environmental health—and that most U.S. voters support policies to reduce it.
Fracking for Plastics: Exposing the Supply Chain Behind the Global Plastic Crisis
An investigation by Stand.earth Research Group (SRG) and the Center for International Environmental Law (CIEL) shows that 25+ of the world’s biggest household brands are driving fossil fuel expansion in Texas through their demand for plastic packaging. The brands’ reliance on fracked gas for plastic production worsens the plastic crisis, harms communities, and accelerates the…
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.
EPR Portal insights A Deep Dive into India’s Centralized Portal for Plastic Packaging
The Centre for Science and Environment’s India’s EPR Portal Insights Report analyses publicly available numbers on the efficacy of India’s voluntary EPR program through the centralized EPR portal for plastic packaging
