Global negotiations on a treaty to end plastic pollution at critical phase

ASSOCIATED PRESS • April 29, 2024

For the first time, negotiators from most of the world’s nations are discussing the text of what is supposed to become a global treaty to end plastic pollution. Delegates and observers at the Intergovernmental Negotiating Committee on Plastic Pollution called it a welcome sign that talk has shifted from ideas to treaty language at this fourth of five scheduled plastics summits. Negotiators aim to conclude a treaty by the end of 2024