Global plastic treaty talks begin in Ottawa
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CHCH— Hamilton, Halton, Niagara and area news from CHCH - Hamilton, Halton, and Niagara news.. Delegates from around the world are meeting in Ottawa this week, trying to create a legally binding treaty that would address not just how plastics are discarded, but also how much plastic is produced in the first place and how it is used. If the governments can agree, the treaty could become the most significant […]
Phys.org—Talks on global plastic treaty begin in Canada. Negotiators from 175 nations began talks Tuesday to agree a global treaty to reduce plastic pollution, which is found everywhere from mountain tops to ocean depths, and within human blood and breast milk.
TheJournal.ie—Talks on global treaty to reduce plastic pollution begin in Canada. Nations agreed in 2022 to finalise a world-first treaty by the end of 2024, with concrete measures to battle plastic pollution around the world.
The Independent—Global plastic pollution treaty talks hit critical stage in Canada. Thousands of negotiators and observers representing most of the world’s nations are gathering in the Canadian city of Ottawa this week to craft a treaty to end the rapidly escalating problem of plastic pollution