UN plastic treaty talks grapple with re-use, recycle, reduce debate
Nairobi, KenyaReuters A third round of United Nations negotiations to try to deliver the world’s first treaty to control plastic pollution has drawn more than 500 proposals from governments, participants said on Sunday. Negotiators, who spent a week meeting in the Kenyan capital at talks known as INC3, have until the end of next year […]
In UN talks for a global plastic treaty, delegates to face off over production limits
Reuters As the world’s nations enter another round of talks this week on creating a first-ever treaty to contain plastic pollution, officials are bracing for tough negotiations over whether to limit the amount of plastic being produced or just to focus on the management of waste. Working with a document called a “zero draft” that […]
Essay: Four reasons to be hopeful about the planned global plastics treaty
As negotiations kick off, ELIZABETH KIRK, a professor of international environmental law, looks – in an article published on The Conversation – at what the world-first treaty for ending plastic pollution will actually mean…