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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