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Plastic pollution talks move closer to world-first pact

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Global negotiations on treaty to end plastic pollution at critical phase in Canada

For the first time, negotiators from most of the world's nations are discussing the text of what is supposed to become a global treaty to end plastic pollution. Delegates and observers at the Intergovernmental Negotiating Committee on Plastic Pollution called it a welcome sign that talk has shifted from ideas…

Talks advance on a treaty to end plastic pollution

Plastic Pollution Talks Move Closer To World-First Pact

Plastic Pollution Talks Move Closer to World-first Pact

A fourth and penultimate round of UN-led negotiations to solve global plastic pollution wrapped up in Ottawa early on Tuesday with a world-first pact said to be within reach by year's end but without a cap on the production of polymers. For the first time in the negotiations, delegates from 175 countries and observers discussed a draft of what is to become a global treaty on ending the scourge of plastics that are found everywhere from mountain tops to ocean depths, as well as within human blood and breast milk, AFP said.