Global Plastics Treaty | After Single Use

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24 Jul 2025

Plastics and healthcare: Navigating the balance among access, health, and sustainability

At a WHO workshop, Jeremy Greene outlines the PASS-UP model—a practical framework for cutting single-use plastics in global healthcare.

A brick and glass series of buildings at School of Culture and Society at Aarhus University are the backdrop for a bustling group of students and academics in the foreground.

Activism, public health, and global plastics treaty negotiations at ‘The Anthropology of Plastics’ symposium in Aarhus

Presentations

Cat Acheson presented research on activism, public health, and global plastics treaty negotiations at ‘The Anthropology of Plastics’ symposium in Aarhus.

The Thinker’s Burden sculpture by artist Benjamin Von Wong, displayed outside the Palais des Nations for the duration of the plastics treaty negotiations.

Reflections on the UN Plastics Treaty negotiation from an After the Single Use delegate

Blog posts

At the UN’s Geneva talks, 184 countries failed again to agree a plastics treaty - yet momentum grows for bold, health-centred action against plastic pollution worldwide.

A waste disposal worker holds up two handfuls of plastic waste that cannot be recycled

Plastics and human health: what’s at stake in the global treaty talks in Geneva

Media items

Global talks in Geneva could decide whether a plastics treaty protects human health - or bows to industry pressure. The outcome may shape pollution, toxic exposure, and public safety for generations.

Broken syringe and pill bottle on a beach

Health is the new Global Plastics Treaty Battleground

Media items

Plastics pose serious health risks, yet industry influence is weakening the Global Plastics Treaty commitments. A strong, binding Article 19 is essential to protect public health and ensure the treaty delivers real change.

A close up of discarded and compressed plastic medical waste

Why medical products must not be excluded from the Global Plastics Treaty

Academic publications

The proposed exemption of medical plastics from the Global Plastics Treaty risks undermining health and environmental protections, ignoring harmful impacts, and prioritizing commercial interests over sustainable, safe, and equitable health care.

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