Nations Fail to Reach an Agreement on Plastic Pollution
Diplomats at a United Nations conference in Busan, South Korea, failed to reach agreement on the world’s first treaty to tackle plastic pollution on Sunday. They said they would reconvene in future months to try again.
Global Plastic Pollution Treaty Talks Fail
A summit many hoped would yield a landmark treaty to tackle a global plastic pollution crisis ended in disappointment after oil- and gas-producing countries pushed back on limiting production
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The U.S. is among 175 nations haggling over a treaty to reduce the vast quantity of plastic pollution that ends up in our food, water and even our bodies.
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During the late-night meeting, countries supportive of legal obligations to cut plastic pollution refused to accept a treaty limited to voluntary measures. The treaty must take action at each stage of a plastic item’s life cycle, they asserted. That includes reducing how much plastic is made.
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Plastic pollution treaty talks in South Korea conclude; local delegates return home
Two Center for Coalfield Justice staff members have returned from Busan, South Korea, where world leaders and organizations gathered last week to hammer out details on a treaty to address the global crisis of plastic pollution.
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Very little of the world's plastic waste—about half of which comes from single-use plastics such as packaging, straws and disposable utensils—is recycled. Just 9% of the 353 million tons of plastic discarded in 2019 was recycled.
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About 200 nations couldn’t agree on a treaty to curb plastic pollution after two years of divisive negotiations, but said they made some progress and would reconvene the talks next year.
Countries fail to reach agreement at U.N. plastic pollution talks in South Korea
Delegates from more than 170 countries attempting to negotiate a treaty to curb global plastic pollution ended a weeklong meeting in Busan early Monday without an agreement, pushing talks to another session next year.
Nations fail to reach agreement in U.N. plastic talks
U.N. treaty talks aimed at reducing plastic pollution broke down on Dec. 2, after negotiators from more than 170 countries remained deadlocked over how to curb plastic waste.
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