It’s a high-vigilance, high-stress environment.”These are examples of what numerous sources say is a “total infiltration” of the plastics treaty negotiations by vested industrial interests and corporate lobbyists. ‘Distorting knowledge’The plastics treaty negotiations resume in August in Geneva, Switzerland, having failed to reach agreement at the fifth round of talks in December. These include the US Plastics Industry Association, Plastics Europe and national plastic industry groups from the UK, Australia, New Zealand, India, Brazil, Colombia, Malaysia and Korea. Ninety-five nations issued a “wakeup call for an ambitious plastics treaty” on 10 June at the UN Ocean Conference. But I think we can expect chaos and fireworks.”She recalled another incident of harassment at one of the plastics negotiations.
