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This week, the OEWG Secretariat and Geneva Environment Network hosted the latest webinar in their Road to OEWG 3.2 Series. You can watch the event here: youtube.com/watch?v=tsKRq3…

"Mettre fin à la Pollution Plastique Mondiale"tel est le thème de la JME 2025. Ce qui faut savoir:La pollution plastique envahit chaque coin de notre planète. Imaginez 1 environnement où nous respirons de l'air pur.Que c'est beau et rafraichissant! Maintenant arrêtez d'imaginer😑

Great news from EcoWaste Coalition! Just in time for Brigada Eskwela 2025, they’ve released a list of verified lead-safe paints to help keep classrooms safe and healthy: presseza.com/2025/06/ecowas… This supports the global push to eliminate lead exposure.

🔥“Chemical recycling is neither a new nor advanced technology… Every step of these technologies is expensive, polluting, and energy-intensive,” warns Lee Bell of IPEN in The Environmental Forum. Read the PDF provided by the Environmental Law Institute: eli.org/sites/default/…

A study published by ESDO and IPEN last year, researchers found high levels of PFAS chemicals in surface and tap water samples near textile industry areas in Dhaka, Bangladesh. Download the report here: ipen.org/documents/pers…

In celebration of World Environment Day, IPEN and participating organizations from Indonesia, the Philippines, Thailand, and Malaysia are calling for urgent, coordinated action to combat the growing microplastics crisis: ipen.org/documents/call…

In Sri Lanka, high levels of #mercury revealed in many cosmetic products, resulting in serious health effects, and even death. Experts caution against unregistered products and advocate for stricter regulations #ToxicBeauty Minamata Convention on Mercury slguardian.org/toxic-beauty-c…

Kristen Lawrence at The Cool Down reports on Semia Labidi Gharbi’s work in Tunisia, exposing a major waste scandal: thecooldown.com/outdoors/tunis… "What is toxic for developed countries is toxic for us too," Gharbi said. "We also have the right to live in a healthy environment."

IPEN Steering Committee member and Goldman Prize winner Olga Speranskaya was recently interviewed on Women and Chemicals by the Green Growth Knowledge Partnership (GGKP). View both the video and the link to the blog post here: ipen.org/news/women-and…

IPEN welcomed the notification from the Swiss government calling on the Rotterdam Convention to address the toxic trade in lead chromates, chemicals used as the main pigments used in making lead-based paints. Read more: ipen.org/news/lead-chro…

A recent study finds that even very low levels of lead exposure can harm children's academic performance: thehill.com/policy/equilib… IPEN studies have found lead paint is still widely sold, mostly in low- and middle-income countries, creating risks to children in these areas.

Shreya Dasgupta reports in Mongabay that nonrecyclable food and beverage packaging, particularly multilayered plastics, dominate the plastic waste collected in the Indian Himalayas, according to the 2024 Himalayan Cleanup campaign: news.mongabay.com/short-article/…

Read the Intervention on Civil Society Participation, presented by Chinkie Pelino-Golle, from EcoWaste Coalition, that was shared at the Science-Policy OEWG-3.2: ipen.org/site/science-p… “Early, inclusive participation builds trust and helps the Panel reflect real community needs.”

IPEN Leaders are in Uruguay for the latest SPP OEWG3.2 negotiations. It is crucial that the panel and its work are inclusive and participatory, transparent, and free from conflicts of interest. See our Quick Views available in English, French, & Spanish: ipen.org/documents/quic…