GENEVA – The head of the UN Environment Programme (UNEP), Inger Andersen, says countries can still agree on a major treaty to stop plastic pollution, even after recent talks collapsed and the chair resigned. Despite deep divisions—some nations want to limit plastic production while oil producers prefer focusing on waste management—Andersen insists no one has […]
Plastic Pollution
Plastic bags’ banned in KP to counter pollution, restore ecosystem: EPA
PESHAWAR: Dr Amhad Ali Khan, on Saturday said they have imposed a ban on manufacturing of plastic bags as well as sale and purchase of polythene bags to protect the environment. The step has been taken to protect humans, wildlife and aquatic creatures from threats of plastic pollution and ensure restoration of ecosystem, he remarked. […]
G20 set to agree on marine plastic pollution deal
The Group of 20 major economies were set to agree a deal on reducing marine plastic waste at a meeting in Japan Sunday where they also discussed energy security following the oil tanker attacks in the Gulf of Oman. Japan “proposed a workable framework” on marine plastic waste that involves emerging and less developed countries, […]
Mediterranean could become a ‘sea of plastic’: WWF
MARSEILLE: The Mediterranean could become a “sea of plastic”, the WWF warned on Friday in a report calling for measures to clean up one of the world’s worst affected bodies of water. The WWF said the Mediterranean had record levels of “micro-plastics,” the tiny pieces of plastic less than five millimetres (0.2 inches) in size […]