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Negotiations to draft a legally binding treaty to tackle the global plastic pollution crisis have ended without an agreement, as countries failed to agree on key issues like cutting plastic ...
A week of tense negotiations to draft a legally binding treaty combating global plastic pollution ended in failure on Sunday night in Busan, South Korea, marking only the latest setback for global ...
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 ...
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 ...
The latest Global Plastic Treaty negotiations fell apart over a clash between two different perspectives on how best to handle this waste. The first perspective holds that plastics pollution is ...
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]
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 ...
In 2022, the world's nations agreed that a global treaty was needed to tackle the issue of plastic pollution particularly the impacts on the marine environment - and this should be completed ...