In 2022, UN member states passed a resolution titled ‘End Plastic Pollution’ and since then governments and corporations have been working on a number of global treaties and voluntary commitments to reduce their plastic footprints, with varying degrees of success. The Nice Ocean Action Plan The United Nations Ocean Conference (UNOC) is a three-yearly formal UN summit. In June 2025, the third conference, UNOC3, took place in Nice, France. This resulted in the Nice Ocean Action Plan. This...

When you hear of plastic ocean pollution, you may only think of images of floating waste like The Great Pacific Garbage Patch (litter that has ended up spinning on the surface of the North Pacific Ocean) — a large and visible reminder of the scale of plastic pollution in our oceans. However, what’s less discussed is what’s actually happening beneath the surface. What does plastic ocean pollution do to marine life that is less visible? It affects marine life in many ways. Plastic ingestion...

Soft plastic pollution is a global problem that negatively impacts the environment and the health of people living in countries with the most vulnerable climates and waste management systems. The corporations behind soft plastic pollution have not done enough to invest in effective waste management systems to handle the soft plastic they produce. Therefore, governments and consumers play a vital role in creating protections against soft plastic pollution. Various governments now enforce...