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Sisa Kumbahan
Could voting break the plastics treaty deadlock?
Disputes over voting rules have allowed a small group of countries to block ambition – stalling a global treaty to curb plastic production and pollution.
Plastic waste will soar to unprecedented levels without action, as UN plastics treaty remains elusive.
Sisa Kumbahan
‘Plastic holidays on mystic island’: Siquijor’s journey to be the Philippines’ first zero waste destination
The island in the Central Visayas region shows that zero waste strategies can work, but experts warn its success won’t last without caps on plastic production.
Sisa Kumbahan
Lobby group rep raises alarm at HK event with ‘denialist’ claim that plastics don’t harm humans or marine ecosystems
Comments made by materials scientist Chris DeArmitt that plastics are not toxic and their impact on ecosystems has been overstated became the centre of debate at the ReThink sustainability conference. An NGO appealed to DeArmitt's audience to carefully review the science.
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Sisa Kumbahan
After Geneva, how can the world salvage a plastics deal?
19 August 2025
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Polisi & Kewangan
China, Indonesia stepping up in plastics treaty negotiations: observers
30 July 2025
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The struggle against plastic choking the Mekong
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