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BUSAN, South Korea (Reuters) -Countries negotiating a global treaty to curb plastic pollution failed to reach agreement on Monday with over 100 nations wanting to cap production while a handful of ...
This November, our governments face a historic moment to tackle a pressing global challenge. A UN treaty to end plastic pollution will enter its final round of negotiations in Busan, Republic of ...
A global treaty could help reduce plastic pollution by 91%. ... which drew attention to the need to curb plastic products, as NBC News reported. But by the time that straw hurt a marine animal ...
In August, Reuters reported a shift in U.S. government policy to support a global treaty calling for a reduction in plastic production, but three months later, nonprofit news website Grist ...
Countries fail to agree on a target to cut plastic pollution and ban harmful chemicals as summit delayed to next year
Members agreed that the treaty will be international in scope, legally binding, and should address the full life cycle of plastics, including its design, production, and disposal. [4] It has been argued that chemicals contained in plastics such as additives, processing aids, and unintentionally added substances need to be addressed, too. [16] [17]
Plastic pollutes oceans, food, your body. Yet nations are divided over a global treaty. Why all eyes are on talks for a U.N.-led accord to cut plastic waste.
Nations made progress on a treaty to end plastic pollution as their fourth round of talks finished early Tuesday in Canada. For the first time in the process, negotiators discussed the text of ...