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Delegates from 175 countries are gathering in Paris hoping to reach a multilateral agreement on cutting plastic waste by 2024, but there's growing debate between countries wanting to limit the production…

French President Emmanuel Macron on Monday warned that global plastics pollution was a "time bomb", as diplomats began five days of talks in Paris to make progress on a treaty to end plastic waste.

UNEP gathered in Paris ahead of the INC-2 that can set the stage for negotiatons on the treaty

Representatives of 175 nations with divergent ambitions met at UNESCO headquarters for the second of five sessions with the aim of inking an historic agreement covering the entire plastics life cycle.

Plastic pollution: treaty talks get into the nitty-gritty

‘We cannot recycle our way out of this mess’; Paris agenda includes ban on single-use plastic items, ‘polluter pays’ schemes and tax on new production.

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Countries grappling with the "immense" task of ending plastic pollution began a new round of talks in Paris

Countries grappling with the &quot&#x3B;immense&quot&#x3B; task of ending plastic pollution began a new round of talks in Paris on Monday, amid protests and warnings of the urgency to act. Representatives of 175 nations with divergent ambitions met at the UNESCO headquarters with t...

Paris (AFP) May 26, 2023 - Humanity uses and abuses hundreds of millions of tonnes of plastic a year because its so cheap, despite the huge cost of the pollution it creates, the head of the UN Environment Programme told AFP.