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A UN treaty to end plastic pollution will enter its final round of negotiations in Busan, Republic of Korea. ... We need a truly transformative international treaty based on global rules defining ...
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/BAKU (Reuters) -As delegates from 175 countries gathered in Busan, South Korea on Monday for the fifth round of talks aimed at securing an international treaty to curb plastic pollution ...
The plastics treaty was supposed to create a funding mechanism for a transition away from plastics. While the text acknowledged that it is the responsibility of the polluter to pay, it failed to ...
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 ...
The Scientists' Coalition for an Effective Plastics Treaty is a network of international, independent scientific and technical experts on plastic pollution. [1] [2] They aim to provide scientific information to countries involved in the negotiations towards a global agreement to end plastic pollution. [1]
International Convention for the Prevention of Pollution from Ships; International Convention for the Prevention of Pollution of the Sea by Oil, London, 1954, 1962, 1969; International Convention for the Regulation of Whaling (ICRW), Washington, 1946; International Treaty on Plant Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture
It now argues that, while the treaty should still be based on national plans, those plans should reflect globally agreed goals to reduce plastic pollution that are "meaningful and feasible," a U.S ...