Negotiators from 175 countries are meeting from Tuesday in Canada to nail down a binding global treaty to end plastic pollution with many sticking points to be resolved five months after the last round of talks in Kenya.
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Rubbish including discarded plastic bottles and food wrappers, is pictured floating on the water surface in the Marine Lake at West Kirby in northwest England on April 22, 2024. Earth Day, observed annually on April 22, was first celebrated in 1970, and now includes a wide range of events across more than 193 countries, demonstrating support for environmental protection. -- Photo: Paul Ellis / AFP
2024-04-22 15:21:31
Negotiators from 175 countries are meeting from Tuesday in Canada to nail down a binding global treaty to end plastic pollution with many sticking points to be resolved five months after the last round of talks in Kenya.
Nations in 2022 agreed to finalize by the end of this year a world-first UN treaty to address the scourge of plastics found everywhere from mountain tops to ocean depths, and within human blood and breast milk.
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