Pellets and Politics
The headlines from the just-ended talks focused on the failure to find an agreement, in what was supposed to be the fifth and final negotiating session. But countries agreed to another yet-to-be-scheduled negotiation in 2025, and, more importantly, this round gave a much clearer picture of what a final agreement could look like.
One way to read a new report alleging the plastics industry has oversold the potential of recycling is to see the detailed document as a primer for lawsuits.
A big attempt by the plastics industry to offer its own recycling and pollution legislation in Congress as an alternative to the Break Free from Plastic Pollution Act continues to be a slow climb.
Tougher plastics pollution policies from governments globally could mean significantly less growth in plastics use, a new OECD report finds.
The website PolitiFact is weighing in on claims in the plastics-climate change debate, declaring public statements from the plastics industry "half true."
United Nation talks kick off April 29 to update the Basel Convention focusing on global trade in hazardous waste, and plastics scrap has a prominent place on the agenda.
A Sierra Club campaign is bringing to light a split between the plastics industry and consumer products maker SC Johnson && Son Inc. over bans on single-use plastics and -- maybe more importantly -- raising questions about whether other big consumer goods companies will follow.
If we want to achieve the kind of environmental gains major brands have been talking about for plastic bottles -- like Coca-Cola's plans for 50 percent recycled content in its plastic containers by 2030 -- the United States will need a herculean effort to more than double its recycling rate for PET bottles.
The Davos gathering of the world's 1 percenters took up the topic of plastic waste, with leaders expressing hope and giving a warning to companies.
Beyond an understandable public focus on Asia, the industry's new Alliance to End Plastic Waste can also hopefully unlock some innovation to make plastics more circular and sustainable in the U.S.
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