Europe EditionUN Oceans Conference Calls for Global Action on Plastic Pollution
- The third UN Ocean Conference took place on June 10, 2025, in Nice, where nearly 100 countries demanded a bold, legally binding global plastics treaty.
- This call follows years of rapid negotiations since December 2022 and a key breakthrough in Busan six months ago outlining a draft treaty covering plastics throughout their lifecycle.
- Speakers, including Native American advocate Frankie Orona, highlighted the human rights crisis caused by plastic pollution's toxic chemicals affecting Indigenous and frontline communities.
- The treaty, with 32 to 33 articles, aims to cut plastic production, ban toxic additives, hold polluters accountable, and ensure direct funding to affected communities, as stated by key negotiators and advocates.
- The next and final negotiation round is scheduled for August 5–14 in Geneva, where governments will decide whether to conclude a treaty to curb plastic pollution or allow it to worsen.
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Everllence and Plastic Fischer Partner in Fight Against Plastic Waste
[By: Everllence] Everllence has signed a three-year sponsorship agreement with social enterprise, Plastic Fischer. As part of the partnership, rivers near Everllence locations in India will be cleared of plastic waste. This support will enable Plastic Fischer to collect and recycle between 450 and 500 tons of plastic over the next three years. To this end, a total of seven floating barriers will be installed in Vadodara and Bangalore to capture…
More and more plastic objects are produced, such as plates, glasses, bottles or bags. When we get rid of them they can end up in a landfill, incinerated or recycled. However, due to the action of wind and rain, these residues can also reach the sea even when we throw them into the garbage. They can end up abandoned due to the action of storms, wind or rain, or simply because they have not been disposed of properly. Thus they can reach rivers or …
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The Crescent-NewsPlastic Free July encourages consumers to be mindful of plastic waste
With plastic pollution choking the world’s oceans and filling up its waste disposal facilities, environmental activists are encouraging people to take the Plastic Free Pledge this July.
The oceanographer Marina Levy presented in Nice, on the sidelines of the UN Ocean Summit, a new indicator of reference to follow the state of the seas.
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