FORGOTTEN HISTORY: 21 - Caught on Camera

Last Chance Saloon For Global Plastic Pollution Treaty

Negotiators trying to secure a global agreement on tackling the scourge of plastic pollution have less than 24 hours to salvage a deal on Thursday after the talks plunged into total disarray.

International Business Times · Aug 14, 2025

Plastic Pollution Treaty Talks In Disarray

Attempts to finalise a landmark treaty combating plastic pollution descended into disarray on the penultimate day on Wednesday as dozens of countries rejected outright the latest draft text, leaving the talks in limbo.

International Business Times · Aug 13, 2025

Deadlocked Plastics Treaty Talks 'At Cliff's Edge'

Negotiators from 184 countries remained riven Wednesday on how to curb plastic pollution, less than 36 hours before they were slated to deliver a binding global treaty.

International Business Times · Aug 13, 2025

Microplastics detected in Geneva during global plastics negotiations

Air sampling in the Swiss city this week detected plastic fibres and fragments in both indoor and outdoor locations, including cafés, public transport and shops

The Independent UK · Aug 12, 2025

Groups seek to influence plastic pollution treaty talks at the UN as negotiations wind down

Environmentalists and Indigenous leaders held signs in front of the United Nations buildings in Geneva where talks for a global accord to end plastic pollution are taking place

The Independent UK · Aug 12, 2025

"It’s time all men paid attention”: raunchy ad exposes the literal meaning of ‘toxic masculinity’

Plastic Change highlights the dangers of microplastics.

Creative Bloq · Aug 12, 2025

Buoyant, the size of a lentil and almost impossible to recover: how nurdles are polluting the oceans

Millions of the tiny plastic pellets are being washed up on the coast of Kerala in India in the latest in a series of global spills, as plastic treaty talks continue in Geneva

The Guardian - UK · Aug 12, 2025

High pollution alert issued for London on Tuesday due to blistering 34C temperatures

Temperatures in parts of west London may reach 34C on Tuesday

Evening Standard · Aug 12, 2025

Waste from agricultural plant poisoned US town’s water with Pfas, lawsuits allege

Some Salisbury, Maryland, residents say the contaminated water from Perdue Farms’ local plant has sickened them

The Guardian - US · Aug 11, 2025

Indigenous Communities Plead For Action At Plastic Pollution Talks

Indigenous communities from North America are at talks on a global treaty on plastic pollution in Geneva, pleading the case for the environment they depend upon, which is slowly being choked by microplastics.

International Business Times · Aug 10, 2025