Planet vs. Plastics: A tough challenge

22/04/2024

Over the last 70 years, the use of plastics in agrifood systems and food value chains has become increasingly widespread. From fishing gear and tree...

Urgent global action is essential to stop wave of plastic pollution

22/04/2024

Studies have shown we are breathing microplastics, eating microplastics, drinking microplastics, and picking them up through skin contact. Evidence...

Story

Breaking the plastic cycle in agriculture

05/06/2023

We need to talk about plastics. Plastic products have become a convenient tool in many areas of life, and agriculture is no different. Plastics are...

Interview

Agriculture on the agenda during recent negotiations on proposed new global plastic treaty

02/06/2023

The second session of the Intergovernmental Negotiating Committee (INC-2) to develop an international legally binding instrument on...

Bioeconomy Talks: Plastics waste in agriculture with Richard Thompson and Giulia Carcasci

30/03/2023

The Bioeconomy Talks series features interviews with experts on bioeconomy themes that are linked to agrifood systems transformation.

Guidance on the use of agricultural plastics at the 28th Session of FAO’s Committee on Agriculture

22/07/2022

FAO’s main technical advisory committee on agriculture, COAG 28, that took place from 18 to 22 July,...

Plastics in agrifood systems: The good, the bad and the ugly

07/12/2021

Ocean litter has been making the headlines, but a new report by FAO suggests that plastic pollution is also pervasive in our agricultural soils

Combatting pollution from agricultural plastics

23/09/2021

FAO and UNEP to launch reports and discussion papers on plastics use in agriculture