When most people think about plastic pollution, they think about littered beaches, entangled wildlife and overflowing landfills in faraway places. The reality is that the plastics crisis doesn’t begin (or end) with these visible impacts, it starts much earlier with the extraction of fossil fuels and the production of the plastics themselves, where toxic emissions […]
Negotiators are today (30 June) preparing to meet in Nairobi for the next round of closed-door Heads of Delegation (HoDs) meetings that will shape the outcome of the Global Plastics Treaty. These meetings matter! While informal in name, they increasingly determine what will and won’t make it into the final agreement. After the turbulence of […]
The UK produces the second largest amount of plastic waste per capita globally, with an estimated 1.7 billion items of plastic discarded weekly – averaging 90 billion items per person each year. More than half of this material is incinerated, having risen from 46 per cent in 2022 to 58 per cent in 2024. This […]
The scene: INC-5.2 negotiations collapse in Geneva World leaders, negotiators, campaigners and corporate lobbyists assembled in Geneva’s Palais des Nations last month for what was intended to be the final, decisive round of talks to establish a legally binding Global Plastics Treaty. INC-5.2, the extended fifth session of the UN’s Intergovernmental Negotiating Committee, was intended […]
Hannah Hughes is the latest addition to our Ocean Campaign and is getting a proper baptism of fire as she’s plunged into the midst of INC-5.2, what looks to be the final round of talks for a Global Plastics Treaty. In this special blog, she gives her impression of the first days of the talks […]
EIA is currently participating in a meeting of the International Maritime Organisation (IMO) which is seeking to push ahead with actions to tackle two major sources of marine plastic pollution – plastic pellets and fishing gear