Global deadlock on plastic pollution containment reflects industry shift towards Asia, with U.N. pushing for binding treaty.
The deadlock between two blocs of countries on the best way to contain plastic pollution mirrors a shift in the global plastic and polymer-manufacturing industry, which in recent years has moved out of Europe and drifted towards South and Southeast Asia.
Since 2022, the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) has been spearheading efforts to get countries to evolve, by consensus, a legally binding treaty that commits them to address plastic pollution on land as well as in oceans.
Nations remain split on whether a global treaty should put controls on plastic production, with compromise texts failing to…
The latest round of UN-led talks have ended in deadlock, with disputes over plastic production and recycling.
Negotiations opened in Geneva on Tuesday to strike a legally-binding instrument that would tackle the growing problem of plastic…
The world's nations are hoping to sign the first global plastic treaty to limit plastic pollution.
EDITORIAL. Reaching a first-ever global treaty to tackle plastic pollution is crucial. Yet, countries remain divided on how to…
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UN plastic pollution treaty talks floundering
