Climate Politics

World Awaits Draft of a UN Treaty on Plastic Pollution This Week

Negotiators at a UN meeting in Paris have differing ideas on how to clean up plastics harming the environment.

Plastic bottles and other trash washed up on the shore of the San Gabriel River, near the Pacific Ocean, following heavy rains in Seal Beach, California, on Dec. 13, 2022. — Plastic bottles and other trash washed up on the shore of the San Gabriel River, near the Pacific Ocean, following heavy rains in Seal Beach, California, on Dec. 13, 2022.
Photographer: Mark Rightmire/MediaNews Group RM

Have a confidential tip for our reporters? Get in Touch

Before it’s here, it’s on the Bloomberg Terminal

By Leslie Kaufman

May 29, 2023 at 6:00 AM EDT

This is from the Green Daily newsletter. Sign up to receive it in your inbox.

Tire dust versus discarded fishing nets.

Have a confidential tip for our reporters? Get in Touch

Before it’s here, it’s on the Bloomberg Terminal