GENEVA: Countries remained at loggerheads Monday over how to tackle plastic pollution, with only four days left to craft a landmark global treaty on reining in the ever-growing scourge. While plastic has transformed modern life, plastic pollution poses an increasing threat to the environment and the human body — and every day the garbage accumulates on land and in the oceans. The 184 countries meeting at the United Nations to sculpt a first international accord setting out the way forward return to the negotiating table after a day off Sunday to reflect on their differences.

Negotiations opened in Geneva on Tuesday to strike a legally-binding instrument that would tackle the growing problem of plastic pollution.

A coalition of oil-producing states remains at odds with an ‘ambitious’ group that wants radical action written into a treaty.

GENEVA: Countries remained at loggerheads Monday over how to tackle plastic pollution, with only four days left to craft a landmark global treaty on reining in the ever-growing…

More than 100 countries reject draft treaty as ‘unambitious’ and ‘inadequate’

Some countries blasted the lack of legally binding action, while oil-producing states say the text goes too far.

Widely rejected draft text does not limit plastic production or address chemicals used in plastic products.

Les diplomates de 184 pays sont réunis à Genève depuis le 5 août. Ils doivent présenter un texte commun pour lutter contre développement incontrôlé du plastique.