30 March 2026 | ISWA blog, ISWA news, Plastic Treaty, Task Forces
This article was co-authored by Gunilla Carlsson, ISWA Plastic Treaty Task Force Leader, and Mostafa Ahmed, ISWA Technical Lead. Following INC-5.2 in Geneva, the plastic treaty process stands at a critical juncture. Despite significant efforts, the lack of agreement...
25 June 2025 | ISWA blog, Plastic Treaty
Mostafa Ahmed ISWA Technical Coordinator At the 2025 UN Ocean Conference, the side event “Spotlight on the Land to Sea Continuum to Protect Marine Environments from Plastic Pollution”, organised by the French Solid Waste Partnership, ISWA’s French national member,...
19 December 2023 | ISWA blog, ISWA news, Plastic Treaty, Task Forces, Working Groups
Alan Encinas Technical Programme Manager, ISWA From the 13th to 17th of November, ISWA headed to Nairobi to participate in the third session of the intergovernmental negotiating committee to develop an international legally binding instrument to end plastic pollution....
8 November 2023 | ISWA blog, ISWA news, Plastic Treaty, Task Forces
Dr David C. Wilson Independent Resource and Waste Management Consultant Visiting Professor in Resource and Waste Management at Imperial College London David C. Wilson has been an international waste and resource management consultant since the 1970s, and a Visiting...
5 September 2023 | ISWA blog, ISWA news, Marine litter, Plastic Treaty, Task Forces, Working Groups
The zero-draft text of the international legally binding instrument on plastic pollution, including in the marine environment has been released by the INC Chair Gustavo Adolfo Meza Cuadra. The draft will be negotiated in the third session of the Intergovernmental...
8 June 2023 | ISWA blog, ISWA news, Plastic Treaty, Task Forces
Alan Encinas Technical Programme Manager ISWA ISWA recently joined the second Meeting of the Intergovernmental Negotiating Committee to Develop an International Legally Binding Instrument on Plastic Pollution (INC-2) from the 29th of May to the 2nd of June in Paris. ...
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