Negotiators gathered in Busan, South Korea, on Monday in a final push to create a treaty to address the global crisis of plastic pollution. It’s the fifth time the world’s nations convene to craft a legally binding plastic pollution accord. Island nations are grappling with vast amounts of other countries’ plastic waste washing up on their shores. China, the United States and Germany led the global plastics trade by exports and imports in 2023, the association said. It changed its position this summer, saying the US is open to considering global targets for reductions in plastic production.

Source: The Nation November 25, 2024 01:53 UTC