Nairobi 13-19 November, 2023
The third meeting of the Intergovernmental Negotiating Committee (INC-3) of the Plastics Treaty was held from 13 – 19 November, 2023, in Nairobi, Kenya
See IPEN’s summary of what happened at INC-2 і at INC-3.
Plastics Treaty Resources
The Plastic Treaty negotiations are scheduled to continue through 2024, with regular sessions of the Intergovernmental Negotiating Committee (INC).
For each negotiating session, IPEN develops policy documents on the meeting agenda and emerging issues, as well as briefing papers, reports, and other materials.
Our Quick Views are available in several languages.
Troubling Toxics: Eliminating Harmful Plastic Chemicals Through the Plastics Treaty
The IPEN briefing Troubling Toxics discusses approaches in the Plastics Treaty to establish criteria for a negative list of toxic chemicals associated with the production, use, and disposal of plastics. IPEN calls for a strategy that combines a negative list of toxic chemicals to eliminate from plastics with an approach that prohibits marketing chemicals when there is no available toxicity data.
Chemical Recycling: A Dangerous Deception
A new report from IPEN and Beyond Plastics presents a critical examination of the long history of failure of chemical recycling and the threats it poses to the environment, human health, and environmental justice. The findings demonstrate that chemical recycling produces large quantities of hazardous waste, releases toxic air pollution, and contributes to climate change. The report debunks the myth that we can recycle our way out of the plastic pollution problem and supports the case for capping and then phasing down plastic production.
Plastics Treaty INC-3
IPEN Interventions
IPEN participates throughout the Plastics Treaty talks, including by offering our views to the plenary of delegates.
Report
Are Your Children's Toys Hazardous Waste?
A study by IPEN and its members from ten countries reveals that shockingly high levels of the toxic chemicals chlorinated paraffins are common in children’s plastic toys. All thirty-one toys tested for the study were found to contain the harmful chemicals, which are linked to cancer, damage to developing brains, endocrine disruption, damage to the liver and kidneys, and threats to reproductive health.
World policymakers trudge tough road at fourth UN plastics meeting
Сядзіба-музей «Залатыя ключы»The world is trying to figure out how to deal...Read More
Plastic Pollution – There is No Planet B
Сядзіба-музей «Залатыя ключы»IPEN Co-Chair Pamela Miller spoke to Voice of Islam radio...Read More
After rough start, UN plastic treaty talks end with mandate for first draft
Сядзіба-музей «Залатыя ключы»After a rocky start to a week of negotiations, around...Read More
Delegates working to end global plastics pollution agree to craft a draft treaty
Сядзіба-музей «Залатыя ключы»Global negotiators have agreed to craft a draft treaty to...Read More
Plastic pollution is a multi-faceted threat
Сядзіба-музей «Залатыя ключы»Pollution : “Nous sommes en train de créer un monstrueux...Read More
Recycling plastics “extremely problematic” due to toxic chemical additives: Report
Сядзіба-музей «Залатыя ключы»Plastics contain toxic chemicals that can enter products and interact...Read More
Can a plastic bottle made of 65% recycled material be considered green?
Сядзіба-музей «Залатыя ключы»¿Puede una botella de plástico fabricada con un 65% de...Read More
Tackling plastic pollution: ‘We can’t recycle our way out of this’
Сядзіба-музей «Залатыя ключы»The scale of plastic pollution is growing, relentlessly. The world...Read More
Plastic is destroying Earth — and recycling won’t help
Сядзіба-музей «Залатыя ключы»A new report by Greenpeace USA reveals that recycling plastic...Read More
Plastic recycling is failing – here’s how the world must respond
Сядзіба-музей «Залатыя ключы»Recycling was once considered the obvious solution to the excessive...Read More
Nations meet to strike plastic pollution treaty
Сядзіба-музей «Залатыя ключы»More than 145 countries are hoping to hammer out a...Read More
Administration seeks more relaxed approach on reducing plastics
Сядзіба-музей «Залатыя ключы»The Washington Post reports that as negotiators seeking a global...Read More
Plastic recycling in focus as treaty talks get underway in Paris
Сядзіба-музей «Залатыя ключы»As talks start this week on a global plastics treaty,...Read More
UN talks on a treaty to end global plastic pollution open in Paris
Сядзіба-музей «Залатыя ключы»A United Nations committee met in Paris Monday to work...Read More
Disagreements and tempers surge ahead of UN plastics meeting
Сядзіба-музей «Залатыя ключы»Tensions are running high as representatives from the plastics industry,...Read More
Recycled plastic can be more toxic and is no fix for pollution, Greenpeace warns
Сядзіба-музей «Залатыя ключы»Recycling plastic can make it more toxic and should not...Read More
Experts sound the alarm on toxic chemicals ahead of plastic treaty negotiations
Сядзіба-музей «Залатыя ключы»Negotiators from around the world will convene in Paris next...Read More
Developing country voices will be excluded at UN plastic talks, say NGOs
Сядзіба-музей «Залатыя ключы»Scientists and NGOs have accused the UN’s environment programme of...Read More
Plastic Recycling is Recyling Toxic Chemicals
IPEN is concerned about the health and environmental threats throughout the plastic recycling stream. Studies from IPEN and others have shown that plastic recycling poses health threats to consumers, waste and recycling workers, and communities.
INC-3 Side Events
On Friday, November 17, IPEN presented at a side event at the Plastics Treaty INC-3 on “Socio-economic considerations in the transition to circular approaches to plastic.”
Other IPEN member groups and allies presented at side events during the week. Click below to see the program of events.
No Funds for the Plastics Crisis
Three planetary crises have been identified, but global funds have been established for only two. IPEN is calling for a Global Green Chemicals and Waste Fund to address the toxic impacts from chemicals in plastics and plastic waste.
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