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EU pellet regulation: environment and health sacrificed in the name of simplification

by Tosca Ballerini 11 APR 2025 15:30

This article is also available in Italian / Questo articolo è disponibile anche in italiano Started in October 2023 as part of the Zero Pollution Action Plan promoted by the former European ...

Global plastics treaty, INC-5 closes without agreement and is postponed to 2025

by Tosca Ballerini 03 DEC 2024 14:25

This article is also available in Italian / Questo articolo è disponibile anche in italiano At 2.50 a.m. of Monday, 2 December in Busan, South Korea, the fifth round of negotiations (INC-5) ...

Global plastics treaty: is a weak agreement better than none at all?

by Tosca Ballerini 25 NOV 2024 09:30

This article is available also in Italian / Questo articolo è disponibile anche in italiano The fifth and final round of negotiations (INC-5) for a Global Plastics Treaty begins today, Novem...

Alien Entities: How Chemical Pollution Threatens the Global Ecosystem

by Marco Moro 17 SEP 2024 10:00

Since 2009, the Planetary Boundaries have been one of the most effective displays of the main drivers of global ecosystem crises, their “progress”, and their interconnections. In this fr...

Planet vs Plastic, the Hidden Cost of an Unwise Use

by Tosca Ballerini 22 APR 2024 07:30

The industrial production of plastic began around 1950 and has increased exponentially in the years since, substantially exceeding that of any other manufactured material. A 2020 study publish...

Global plastics treaty, third round of negotiations closes without agreement

by Tosca Ballerini 22 NOV 2023 13:00

The third round of negotiations for a Global Plastics Treaty (INC-3) ended on the evening of Sunday, Nov. 19 without agreement on how to move forward. The INC Secretariat was mandated to draft ...

Global plastics treaty negotiations, more lobbyists than G7 delegates

by Tosca Ballerini 17 NOV 2023 16:30

An analysis of the participants present at the third round of negotiations (INC-3) for the global plastics treaty found that the number of lobbyists related to the fossil fuel and chemical industrie...

Global Plastics Treaty: the scientists' response to the zero draft

by Tosca Ballerini 03 NOV 2023 18:00

The zero draft of the Global Plastic Treaty released in early September offers a wide range of options, some of which have the potential to result in an effective legally binding instrument to ...