US EditionNew draft of global plastic pollution treaty wouldn’t limit plastic production
Negotiations falter as Russia, India, and Saudi Arabia reject plastic production limits, delaying a treaty aimed at curbing global plastic pollution, delegates said.
- Delegates from 180 countries gathered in Geneva in August 2025 to finalize a global treaty addressing plastic pollution with legal effect.
- The talks follow stalled negotiations since 2024 due to political disagreements, chiefly from countries with strong petrochemical industries unwilling to limit plastic production.
- The meeting, the sixth under the UN Environment Programme, aimed to produce a treaty capping plastic production and minimizing harmful effects but faced resistance and uncertainty about a final deal.
- Luis Vayas Valdivieso, who leads the committee, expressed confidence that plastic pollution is unwanted by all, while Greenpeace representative Graham Forbes emphasized that recycling alone cannot solve the issue.
- If finalized, the treaty could help reduce decades of plastic dependence and protect human health and ecosystems, though the outcome remained uncertain as the deadline approached on August 14.
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New draft of plastic pollution treaty doesn't limit production but calls for global response
GENEVA — The latest draft of a treaty to end plastic pollution would not put a limit on producing plastics, but recognizes that current levels of production and consumption are “unsustainable” and global action is needed. Nations are meeting at the United Nations office in Geneva to try to complete a landmark treaty to end the plastic pollution crisis. The draft, released early Friday, contains new language to say these levels exceed current was…
UN majority rejects draft of treaty to end plastic pollution
On Wednesday nearly 100 countries rejected a draft of an international treaty to end plastic pollution a day before its August 14 deadline, with some describing the text as “unambitious” and “inadequate.” Luis Vayas Valdivieso, committee chair of the Intergovernmental Negotiating Committee (INC) on plastic pollution, presented the draft treaty to all 184 UN member countries during a final round of talks in Geneva, Switzerland. Members intended f…
Everyone agrees on the problem: plastic waste is polluting the world and is a threat to human beings. But reaching an agreement on a global UN treaty is difficult.
The Ecuadorian diplomat, who chairs the negotiations in Geneva, announced that the plenary would meet on Friday, 15 August.
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