Nations Meet To End Plastic Pollution With A Global Treaty. Here’s What To Know.
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Sixty-six countries plus the European Union are kicking off a final round of negotiations to address an ever-worsening global problem.
A last round of negotiations on a legally binding treaty to address the global scourge of plastic pollution has opened in Busan, South Korea. Here’s what to know about it:
Nations are deciding what actions they’ll take
National delegations still have a lot to hammer out before there is a treaty. Most contentious is whether there will be a limit on the amount of plastic that companies are allowed to produce.
Led by Norway and Rwanda, 66 countries plus the European Union say they want to address the total plastic on Earth by controlling plastic design, production, consumption and what happens at the end of its life.
Some plastic-producing and oil and gas countries, including Saudi Arabia, vigorously oppose such limits.
Saturday's talks on the sidelines of the annual Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation summit in Peru come just over two months before Biden leaves office.
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