Global Plastics Treaty

This analysis looks at corporate lobbying efforts around the plastics treaty. It discusses who those actors are and what their messaging on the treaty has been, while revealing how narratives pushed by chemical and petrochemical advocates contributed to the collapse of the talks. This is a useful resource for pointing out corporate capture.

In this briefing, EIA experts outline the essential conditions for a successful resolution of the negotiations for a global plastics treaty and recommendations for urgent course correction.

This briefing sets out urgent strategies to break the deadlock in negotiations for a global plastics treaty after INC‑5.2 in Geneva in 2025 ended in stalemate.

The Plastics Treaty INC is aMember State-led, independent negotiation process convened under UNEA 5/14. It isnota subsidiary organ of UNEA and, therefore, cannot be altered, suspended, or dissolved by UNEA or UNEP. The INC process remains active because INC-5 was not closed but was adjourned and will reconvene for INC5.3, preserving its legal continuity under UN procedural law.

This initiative supports the achievement of an ambitious, effective, and fair treaty that strengthens the international cooperation needed to end plastic pollution.

This short animated video shows the obstacles preventing a meaningful plastics treaty and how to overcome them.

This report exposes how some of the world’s largest petrochemicalcompanies are expanding production while flooding the treaty negotiationswith hundreds of lobbyists in an effort to weaken ambition and shiftattention onto false solutions like chemical recycling.

The report examines how industries influence negotiations and the kinds of interference in the Global Plastics Treaty negotiations to date. It also offers specific recommendations to safeguard the negotiations, the future Conference of the Parties, and the implementation of the future treaty.