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UN talks struggle for breakthrough on plastics treaty as deadline looms

BY REUTERS The chairman of talks aiming for an international treaty to rein in pollution from plastics issued a document on Friday outlining measures that could furnish the basis of a pact, in an attempt to spur discussions as a Dec. 1 deadline approaches. However, some delegates and civil society organisations underscored what they viewed as shortcomings of the document, including leeway on curbing plastic production. South Korea is hosting delegates from about 175 countries at the fifth and final meeting of the U.N. Intergovernmental Negotiating Committee (INC-5) to agree globally binding rules on plastics, but this week’s talks had moved at glacial pace. The document, issued by committee chair Luis Vayas Valdivieso, featured ideas such as a global list […] The post UN talks struggle for breakthrough on plastics treaty as deadline looms first appeared on 93.3 KFM.

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