{"id":17143,"date":"2024-11-24T17:45:01","date_gmt":"2024-11-24T18:45:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/medexperts.pro\/?p=17143"},"modified":"2024-11-24T19:23:12","modified_gmt":"2024-11-24T19:23:12","slug":"world-seeks-an-end-to-plastic-pollution-at-talks-in-south-korea","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/medexperts.pro\/?p=17143","title":{"rendered":"World Seeks an End to Plastic Pollution at Talks in South Korea"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Many nations hope to reduce the half a billion tons of plastic made each year. But pushback from plastic and oil producers, and Donald Trump\u2019s election, could scuttle an agreement.<\/p>\n

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On the heels of contentious climate talks in Azerbaijan, negotiators from around the globe are descending on Busan, South Korea, this week with another formidable goal: to hammer out the world\u2019s first treaty designed to tackle plastic pollution\u2019s explosive growth.<\/p>\n

On the table is a proposal that aims to cut down on the millions of tons of plastic waste discarded each year. And a broad coalition of nations is seeking to go a step further and rein in plastic production, with a focus on restricting single-use plastic.<\/p>\n

That notion had gained traction leading up to the final round of talks in Busan, with even the United States, a major plastics producer, tentatively backing the United Nations-led effort.<\/p>\n

Then came the election of Donald J. Trump.<\/p>\n

Now, few expect the United States to sign on to an eventual treaty at all. And with deep-seated opposition from oil and gas nations like Saudi Arabia and Russia \u2014 which, like the United States, produce the fossil fuels used to make plastic \u2014 some delegates are wondering whether any agreement is possible by the scheduled end of the talks on Sunday.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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\u201cThe U.S. really engaged on this, but if they step back, it\u2019s a big disappointment,\u201d said Ndiaye Cheikh Sella, a delegate for Senegal and the chief of staff of the country\u2019s environmental ministry.<\/p>\n

There is one consensus among most delegates: The world has a colossal plastic waste problem.<\/p>\n

The world produces nearly half a billion tons of plastic each year<\/a>, more than double the amount from two decades ago, and much of that turns up on coastlines and river banks, as well as in whales, birds and other animals that ingest them. Researchers have estimated that one garbage truck\u2019s worth<\/a> of plastic enters the ocean every minute.<\/p>\n

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Many nations hope to reduce the half a billion tons of plastic made each year. But pushback from plastic and oil producers, and Donald Trump\u2019s election, could scuttle an agreement.On the heels of contentious climate talks in Azerbaijan, negotiators from around the globe are descending on Busan, South Korea, this week with another formidable goal: to hammer out the world\u2019s first treaty designed to tackle plastic pollution\u2019s explosive growth.On the table is a proposal that aims to cut down on the millions of tons of plastic waste discarded each year. And a broad coalition of nations is seeking to go a step further and rein in plastic production, with a focus on restricting single-use plastic.That notion had gained traction leading up to the final round of talks in Busan, with even the United States, a major plastics producer, tentatively backing the United Nations-led effort.Then came the election of Donald J. Trump.Now, few expect the United States to sign on to an eventual treaty at all. And with deep-seated opposition from oil and gas nations like Saudi Arabia and Russia \u2014 which, like the United States, produce the fossil fuels used to make plastic \u2014 some delegates are wondering whether any agreement is possible by the scheduled end of the talks on Sunday.\u201cThe U.S. really engaged on this, but if they step back, it\u2019s a big disappointment,\u201d said Ndiaye Cheikh Sella, a delegate for Senegal and the chief of staff of the country\u2019s environmental ministry.There is one consensus among most delegates: The world has a colossal plastic waste problem.The world produces nearly half a billion tons of plastic each year, more than double the amount from two decades ago, and much of that turns up on coastlines and river banks, as well as in whales, birds and other animals that ingest them. Researchers have estimated that one garbage truck\u2019s worth of plastic enters the ocean every minute.We are having trouble retrieving the article content.Please enable JavaScript in your browser settings.Thank you for your patience while we verify access. If you are in Reader mode please exit and\u00a0log into\u00a0your Times account, or\u00a0subscribe\u00a0for all of The Times.Thank you for your patience while we verify access.Already a subscriber?\u00a0Log in.Want all of The Times?\u00a0Subscribe.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":17145,"comment_status":"close","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[34],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-17143","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-science"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/medexperts.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17143","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/medexperts.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/medexperts.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/medexperts.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/medexperts.pro\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=17143"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/medexperts.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17143\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":17146,"href":"https:\/\/medexperts.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17143\/revisions\/17146"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/medexperts.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/17145"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/medexperts.pro\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=17143"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/medexperts.pro\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=17143"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/medexperts.pro\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=17143"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}