Countries wrap up their meeting on future global plastics treaty which is billed to cut pollution, some hope entirely by 2040
More than 2,000 experts have wrapped up a week of negotiations on plastic pollution, at one of the largest global gatherings ever to address what even industry leaders in plastics say is a crisis.
"Billions of tonnes of plastics are being produced every year and there is absolutely no way to ensure that this plastic doesn't end up in the environment." Even in this first meeting of five planned over the next two years, factions came into focus. Some countries pressed for top-down global mandates, some for national solutions and others for both. If an agreement is eventually adopted, it would be the first legally-binding global treaty to combat plastic pollution.
Saudi Arabia's delegate also said each country should determine its own action plan, with no standardisation or harmonisation among them.Andres Del Castillo, senior attorney at the Center for International Environmental Law, said that while national plans are important, they should not be the treaty's backbone because that's the system — or lack of one — that the world already has.
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