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OTTAWA - A global treaty to end plastic waste can be ambitious and successful without firm caps on plastic production, which are hard to design and harder to get agreement

Group draws attention to presence of microplastics in weather and drinking water amid negotiations for a global treaty to end plastic waste.

OTTAWA — A global treaty to end plastic waste will not be ambitious enough if it does not include some limits on plastic production, Environment Minister Steven Guilbeault said Tuesday as the fourth round of negotiations kicked off in Ottawa.

The negotiations in Ottawa are aimed to get a treaty into place by the end of the year that would eliminate plastic waste by 2040.

Companies that make plastic argue there is no need for caps, because alternatives to plastics are often more expensive and energy-intensive.

The negotiations in Ottawa are aimed to get a treaty into place by the end of the year that would eliminate plastic waste by 2040.

Our oceans are full of plastic — an estimated 200 million metric tons. And it's the microscopic pieces that could be the biggest threat.

OTTAWA — A global treaty to end plastic waste will not be ambitious enough if it does not include some limits on plastic production, Environment Minister Steven Guilbeault said Tuesday as the fourth round of negotiations kicked off in Ottawa.

A global treaty to end plastic waste will not be ambitious enough if it does not include some limits on plastic production, Environment Minister Steven Guilbeault said Tuesday as the fourth round of negotiations kicked off in Ottawa.

Environment Minister Steven Guilbeault says cap on plastic production needed for global treaty