The environment minister said the failure to achieve a global plastics treaty could have been avoided

Only 9% of plastics is recycled once and less than 1% is recycled twice

A new study links plastic pollution to disease, deaths and $1.5 trillion in annual health costs

Environmental groups warn of industry obstruction in global plastic treaty negotiations

Ninety percent of plastic is not recycled, with most dumped in nature or improperly burned

The first round of plastic treaty negotiations saw positive outcomes but oil producing countries, at the behest of big oil and petrochemical companies, could dominate the treaty…

The truth is that our carbon tax is way too low to act as a real deterrent

A United Nations meeting in Kenya is a step towards developing a legally binding global treaty that will decisively tackle plastic pollution

Yet plans are underway to import more plastic waste into the country and it has not signed global plastics treaty