Science has provided increasing evidence of the sources, distribution & effects of #microplastics 🌎 Global action & rethinking the way we produce and use plastic are critical Read more in our multidisciplinary summary in @ScienceMagazine

The #GreatGlobalNurdleHunt starts today! 🌎 This month thousands of #nurdlehunters will be collecting vital #plasticpellet pollution data & calling for change💪 Be part of the solution 🔎 For more on how to take part & how to download our new app▶️ https://t.co/5JQ1gAZIzr

The #GreatGlobalNurdleHunt 2025 starts tomorrow!😃 Are you ready to take part? Download a Resource Pack today and find out how you can join nurdle hunters around the world this October and call for an end to #nurdle pollution👉 https://t.co/BrLRN3fh46 #nurdles #plasticpollution

💣 An excellent piece of the #PlasticsTreaty Whistledown (aka @magnuslovold) of what happened behind the scenes at the end of #INC5.2. Once again, important questions are raised about the role of UNEP, which seems to support a low-ambition treaty #Plastics https://t.co/YDV1WtJEe7

Less than 2 weeks to go until the start of the #GreatGlobalNurdleHunt 2025! 📅 🤔Unsure how to join in? Don't worry! Find all you need to organise and promote your own #nurdlehunt in our event resource packs👉 https://t.co/BrLRN3eJey 📸 Durham Wildlife Trust

JOIN US TOMORROW! A critical conversation on science in the #PlasticsTreaty. What is it telling us? Where is it headed? Why it matters now, more than ever. 📅 Thurs | Sept 11 🕓 12pm ET | 6pm CET

📢Resource Packs Available Now!📢 The #GreatGlobalNurdleHunt 2025 resource packs are out now, full of useful information & resources to help you take part this October 1st - 31st🌍 Download your copy and take part!👉 https://t.co/BrLRN3eJey #nurdles #NurdleHunt #plastic

New challenges open for support, working to solve big challenges, including: 🚯 Marine litter 🐟 monitoring fish farms 🧑‍🏫 tech for teaching 🤖 robotics ⚕️ support for chronic health conditions 👇More info

The last round of negotiations for a UN Global #PlasticsTreaty ended in disappointment, but ambition from the majority of countries to address the whole lifecycle of plastic from #plastic production to waste remains Read more in our latest news bulletin👉 https://t.co/cELPnZBedi

"The ability to tell the truth, esp. when it doesn't suit any particularly partisan aims, is an essential prerequisite for a free society. Scientists can leverage their substantial social standing & trustworthiness to preserve this vital ingredient"

🔔 Ambitious countries made it clear. We will not accept a UN Plastics Treaty that caters to polluters, at the cost of our bodies & environment.🌏 The work for a strong treaty continues. ✊ Read the key takeaways from INC5.2: https://t.co/xMSBmXQMTb #PlasticPollutes

HIGHLIGHTS: Ahead of the final plenary a coalition of member states, scientists, civil society groups & rights-holders united with one message: 📢 A weak treaty fails the world. Delegates must choose ambition to protect people & the planet! #PlasticsTreaty #INC52

Plastics Treaty talks are over. 11 grueling days of delays, distractions & gaslighting, and we are leaving Geneva without a treaty. But hope for an ambitious #PlasticsTreaty lives on. 📽️ More from @delphinelevialv + @Davzoul

With just hours left in #PlasticsTreaty talks, @theeco_nomist 🇵🇦 reminds us: our health, our children, our future are on the line. 📣 Share. Call. Urge your representatives to fight for this once-in-a-lifetime treaty. 👉 Act now: https://t.co/DPXYnLmVIG

@BangorUni @UNEP #INC52

The final session to develop a Global #PlasticsTreaty is underway 🕙With less than 48 hours to go, the window for action is closing. Negotiators must now show courage if the world is to get a treaty capable of protecting people and the planet. #INC52 https://t.co/puPvojMQ6E

🚨 This text gives in to petrostates and industry demands — Member States must reject it. The chair's draft text has just dropped at #PlasticsTreaty talks. CIEL's @Davzoul responds.

Since the first round of negotiations for a UN #PlasticsTreaty in Nov 2022, over 1,200,000 tonnes of #plasticpellets have spilled into the environment globally🌍 Find info & resources on how a robust final treaty #INC52 can stop global #pelletpollution➡️ https://t.co/CSDdDoiRS5

"By Thursday, parts of it could be totally obscured beneath a mountain of garbage in front of the Palais des Nations", writes @josephbwinters for @grist 🫀Read the powerful piece on the role of art and poetry in the #PlasticsTreaty negotiations: https://t.co/qcnNAOdbFF

POPLite (Progress on Plastic) will be updating each day to share the most important developments on the Global Plastics Treaty. Available in multiple languages, read more at: https://t.co/v8O4cNxXvO #BreakFreeFromPlastic #PlasticsTreaty #INC52 #August9

We’re four days into the final scheduled round of #PlasticsTreaty talks — and we’re off track. Governments must step up, fix the process, and deliver the treaty people and the planet need.