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Talks on the world\u2019s first treaty to tackle plastic pollution will continue in coming months, delegates said.<\/p>\n

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Diplomats at a United Nations conference in Busan, South Korea, failed to reach agreement on the world\u2019s first treaty to tackle plastic pollution<\/a> on Sunday. They said they would reconvene in future months to try again.<\/p>\n

At what was supposed to be the final round of talks<\/a>, nations struggled to bridge wide differences that remained over critical issues, including whether the treaty should include limits on plastics production itself.<\/p>\n

Some of the world\u2019s largest producers of petroleum had vehemently opposed<\/a> any measure that would restrict plastic production. The vast majority of the world\u2019s plastic is made from petroleum.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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Representatives from those countries argued, instead, that the treaty should stay focused on improving recycling and waste management.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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Delegates gathered at the conference also remained far apart on the need to phase out some of the harmful chemicals used in plastic<\/a>, as well as who should bear the costs of implementing the treaty.<\/p>\n

Juliet Kabera, a delegate for Rwanda, which had led the push for a wide-ranging treaty, said a \u201csmall number\u201d of countries had remained \u201cunsupportive of the measures necessary to drive real change.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cRwanda cannot accept a toothless treaty,\u201d Ms. Kabera said.<\/p>\n

Saudi Arabia, which joined Russia, Kuwait and other oil-producing countries to oppose plastic production curbs, said nations needed to consider other approaches.<\/p>\n

\u201cIf we address plastic pollution, there should be no problem with producing plastics,\u201d said Abdulrahman Al Gwaiz, a Saudi delegate. \u201cThe problem is pollution itself, not plastics.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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Environmental groups urged nations to adopt an ambitious, legally binding treaty. Earlier in the weeklong negotiations, protesters in Busan rallied around a model of a sperm whale stuffed with plastic waste, displaying slogans like \u201cCourage not compromise.\u201d<\/p>\n

The world produces nearly a half-billion tons of plastic each year<\/a>, more than twice the amount produced two decades ago. Images of plastic trash on coastlines and river banks prompted calls for a global treaty to address the problem of plastic waste.<\/p>\n

As of late Sunday in Busan, no date nor place had been announced for the next round of talks.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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Talks on the world\u2019s first treaty to tackle plastic pollution will continue in coming months, delegates said.Diplomats at a United Nations conference in Busan, South Korea, failed to reach agreement on the world\u2019s first treaty to tackle plastic pollution on Sunday. They said they would reconvene in future months to try again.At what was supposed to be the final round of talks, nations struggled to bridge wide differences that remained over critical issues, including whether the treaty should include limits on plastics production itself.Some of the world\u2019s largest producers of petroleum had vehemently opposed any measure that would restrict plastic production. The vast majority of the world\u2019s plastic is made from petroleum.Representatives from those countries argued, instead, that the treaty should stay focused on improving recycling and waste management.Delegates gathered at the conference also remained far apart on the need to phase out some of the harmful chemicals used in plastic, as well as who should bear the costs of implementing the treaty.Juliet Kabera, a delegate for Rwanda, which had led the push for a wide-ranging treaty, said a \u201csmall number\u201d of countries had remained \u201cunsupportive of the measures necessary to drive real change.\u201d\u201cRwanda cannot accept a toothless treaty,\u201d Ms. Kabera said.Saudi Arabia, which joined Russia, Kuwait and other oil-producing countries to oppose plastic production curbs, said nations needed to consider other approaches.\u201cIf we address plastic pollution, there should be no problem with producing plastics,\u201d said Abdulrahman Al Gwaiz, a Saudi delegate. \u201cThe problem is pollution itself, not plastics.\u201dEnvironmental groups urged nations to adopt an ambitious, legally binding treaty. Earlier in the weeklong negotiations, protesters in Busan rallied around a model of a sperm whale stuffed with plastic waste, displaying slogans like \u201cCourage not compromise.\u201dThe world produces nearly a half-billion tons of plastic each year, more than twice the amount produced two decades ago. Images of plastic trash on coastlines and river banks prompted calls for a global treaty to address the problem of plastic waste.As of late Sunday in Busan, no date nor place had been announced for the next round of talks.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":17564,"comment_status":"close","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[34],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-17562","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\/17562","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=17562"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/medexperts.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17562\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":17565,"href":"https:\/\/medexperts.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17562\/revisions\/17565"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/medexperts.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/17564"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/medexperts.pro\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=17562"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/medexperts.pro\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=17562"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/medexperts.pro\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=17562"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}