World Aug 13 People climb buildings and hand out soap to push for a plastic pollution treaty By Jennifer McDermott, Associated Press
World Aug 12 Groups seek to influence plastic pollution treaty talks at the UN as negotiations wind down The biggest issue at the talks is whether the treaty should impose caps on producing new plastic or focus instead on things like better design, recycling and reuse. By Jennifer McDermott, Associated Press
World Aug 11 This sculpture at the UN is covered in more trash each day as nations work toward ending plastic pollution Delegates to the treaty talks pass by the sculpture daily, drowning in plastic, as a reminder of their responsibility to solve the plastic pollution crisis. By Jennifer McDermott, Associated Press
World Aug 05 Nations gather to confront the world’s spiraling plastic pollution crisis Nations have started a crucial meeting to finalize a treaty to tackle the global plastic pollution crisis. By Jennifer McDermott, Associated Press
Nation Sep 23 Watch 5:58 California sues ExxonMobil, saying company deceived public about plastics recycling A new lawsuit accuses ExxonMobil of contributing to the world’s plastic pollution. The oil and gas company is one of the largest producers of the material used to make single-use plastics. California Attorney General Rob Bonta filed the lawsuit following… By Amna Nawaz, Stephanie Kotuby, Alexa Gold
Apr 23 Global talks to tackle plastic pollution hit critical stage By Jennifer McDermott, Associated Press Thousands of negotiators and observers representing most of the world’s nations are gathering in the Canadian city of Ottawa this week to craft a treaty to stop the rapidly escalating problem. Continue reading
Mar 16 Watch 6:32 The plastic industry knowingly pushed recycling myth for decades, new report finds By Ali Rogin, Andrew Corkery The world produces an average of 430 million metric tons of plastic each year. The United States alone produces tens of millions of tons of plastic waste annually. Yet on average, only about 5 to 6 percent of plastic in… Continue watching
Sep 19 Watch 8:14 ‘Ghost gear’ piles up in the Gulf of Maine amid plastic onslaught on oceans By Miles O'Brien Abandoned fishing gear, often called "ghost gear," is breaking down in our oceans and adding to the problems brought by plastics and microplastics. But there was a recent effort to get the United Nations to enforce tougher regulations, and a… Continue watching
Nov 02 PHOTO: Recycled Formula 1 car on display in Glasgow By Associated Press President Joe Biden said that “our current technology alone won’t get us where we need to be.”… Continue reading
Sep 29 Chemical shortage inflates paints and plastics prices By Paul Wiseman, Tom Krisher, Associated Press Like other manufacturers, plastic, paint and other petrochemical companies have been shaken by the pandemic and by the way consumers and businesses responded to it. Continue reading