The collapse of a sixth round of U.N. talks aimed at curbing plastic output has dimmed hopes of tackling a source of pollution and left many pessimistic about a global deal during Donald Trump's time in the White House. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/environment/2025/08/19/sustainability/us-plastics-pollution-deal-geneva/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #environment #sustainability #plastic #pollution #environment #us #donaldtrump #republicans #un
Talks aimed at striking a landmark global treaty on plastic pollution fell apart Friday, in a resounding failure for the environment and for international diplomacy at a time when its frailties are in the spotlight. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/environment/2025/08/15/sustainability/plastic-waste-talks-collapse/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #environment #sustainability #plastic #waste #pollution #un #recycling
Ika Makimaki
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“Talks stall on world’s first plastic pollution treaty one day before deadline.” Surprise surprise. Those industry lobbyists certainly earned their wages. A shame for the rest of us. #Pollution#Plastic#Capitalism
“Talks stall on world’s first plastic pollution treaty one day before deadline.” Surprise surprise. Those industry lobbyists certainly earned their wages. A shame for the rest of us. #Pollution#Plastic#Capitalism
Talks on forging a landmark treaty to combat the scourge of plastic pollution were stumbling Saturday, with progress slow and countries wildly at odds on how far the proposed agreement should go. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/environment/2025/08/10/sustainability/plastic-talks-failing/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #environment #sustainability #plastic #pollution #waste #recycling #un
Talks at the United Nations on forging a landmark treaty to combat the scourge of plastic pollution have made insufficient progress, the negotiations chair warned Saturday in a frank midway assessment. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/environment/2025/08/09/sustainability/platic-negotiations-not-sufficient/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #environment #sustainability #plastic #recycling #pollution #un
The United States has sent letters to at least a handful of countries urging them to reject the goal of a global pact that includes limits on plastic production and plastic chemical additives. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/environment/2025/08/07/sustainability/trump-plastic-production-caps-un/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #environment #sustainability #plastic #pollution #environment #us #donaldtrump
Diplomats and climate advocates warn that efforts by the European Union and small island states to cap virgin plastic production are under threat from petrochemical-producing countries and Washington. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/environment/2025/08/05/sustainability/oil-trump-treaty-plastics-pollution/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #environment #sustainability #oil #plastic #pollution #us #donaldtrump #republicans #environment #oceans
Negotiators will take another stab at reaching a global pact on plastic pollution at talks opening Tuesday in Geneva but they face deep divisions over how to tackle the health and ecological hazard. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/environment/2025/08/02/sustainability/plastic-waste-treaty-talks/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #environment #sustainability #plastic #waste #recycling #pfas
"Here is the story of how plastic moves through soils, birds, mammals – even making its way into the food we eat"
https://pressreader.com/article/281809994952804
#Microplastics#Science#Environment#TheGuardianWeekly #polyester #Nanoplastics #plastic
#Bamboo #hemp#PlanetEarth #ClimateCrisis #ClimateChange #ClimateAction #PlasticPollution
If we would use these two products instead of #plastic it would make all the difference!
Mx Arjuna
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Japanese secondhand goods retailer Bookoff, which disposes of 1,700 tons of unsold CDs, DVDs and their cases from some 800 outlets across the country each year, plans to step up its recycling of such discs. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2025/07/08/companies/japan-bookoff-secondhand-store-plastic-recycling/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #business #companies #bookoff #recycling #plastic
In more "recycling is just shipping your plastic overseas where it actually doesn't get recycled"
LA Times: Malaysia will stop accepting U.S. plastic waste, creating a dilemma for California
"Last week 2,000 scientists recommended to governments that all deep sea exploration be paused whilst further research is carried out; just 0.001% of the seabed has been mapped."
#EsmeStallard, 2025
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cq69e4j6jz8o
Meanwhile the NatACT government in Aotearoa is actively encouraging mining corporations to "invest" in large-scale destruction of the seabed around our islands.
Will no one rid us of these turbulent priests? Well, there is an election coming ...
"At the conference ministers from 97 countries, including the UK, signed a joint political statement saying they wanted an ambitious treaty to be signed on [plastic production].
But this only included one of the top ten oil-producing nations - Canada. Plastic is made from oil, so any commitment to reduce production could harm their income, the countries claim."
#EsmeStallard, 2025
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cq69e4j6jz8o
All the more reason to end fossil fuel industries ASAP.
WTF?!
"The Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development estimates that under current policies, the global use of plastics could triple by 2060."
#HannahOsborne, 2024
"I couldn't even imagine health care without plastics, and I don't even think we should go there. I would argue that plastic has allowed very important innovation of medical devices and supplies, and is here to stay."
#DrJodiSherman, Founding Director, Yale Program on Healthcare Environmental Sustainability
Head in the sand, much? How will you get plastic, without the fossil fuel industry spitting it out as byproduct?
China's going to be fine.
"In China, people burned crude oil and gas for heat and light as early as 500 B.C. By the fourth century A.D., they were drilling for these natural resources and transporting it via bamboo pipes."
#HannahOsborne, 2024
WTF?!
"The Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development estimates that under current policies, the global use of plastics could triple by 2060."
#HannahOsborne, 2024