Geneva – In order to address the global crisis of plastic pollution, the negotiaters working on a historic treaty failed to reach an agreement during an extended talks on Friday.
The nation was holding a meeting for the 11th day in the United Nations offices to try to complete a treaty to end plastic pollution crisis. They note whether the treaty should reduce the exponential growth of plastic production and have global, legally binding control over the toxic chemicals used to make plastic. More than 1,000 delegates participated in the talks.
The conversation in the United Nations Hub was considered the last round and the first legally binding treaty on plastic pollution, including oceans, was produced. But in a meeting in South Korea last year, they are going without a treaty.
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The biggest issue of dialogue is whether the treaty should impose caps on new plastic production or focus on things like better design, recycling and reuse.
Powerful oil- and gas-produced nation and plastic industry oppose the production limit. They want a treaty focused on better waste management and re -use.
Every year, the world creates more than 400 million tonnes of new plastics, and it can increase by about 70% by 2040 without policy changes. Around 100 countries want to limit production. Many people have said that it is also necessary to address the toxic chemicals used to make plastic.
Thursday was the last scheduled day of talks, but work continued till Friday.
The Chairman of the Dialogue Committee, Luis Vice Valdiviso, wrote and presented two drafts of the treaty text in Geneva based on the ideas expressed by the nations. Representatives of 184 countries did not agree to use either one as the basis of their interaction.
Waldiviso said on Friday morning that the delegates again organized the assembly hall that no further action was being proposed on the latest draft.
After a three -hour session, he beat up a gaval made of recycled plastic bottle from a Nairobi Landfil and said the meeting was postponed, resumed at the later date.
Representatives of Norway, Australia, Tuvalu and other nations said that they were deeply disappointed to quit Geneva without a treaty.
European Commissioner Jessica Roswal said that the European Union and its member states had high expectations for this meeting and while the latest draft is low on their demands, it is a good basis for another interaction session.
“Earth is not only ours. We are stewers for those who come after us. Let us fulfill that duty,” he said.
The Chinese delegation stated that the fight against plastic pollution is a long marathon and this temporary shock is a new early point for consensus. It urged nations to work together to offer a blue planet without plastic pollution to future generations.
Saudi Arabia stated that both drafts lack balance, and Saudi and Kuwaiti negotiators said the latest proposals take into account the views of other states and address plastic production, which they consider to be out of the scope of the treaty.
The draft released in early Friday did not include a limit on plastic production, but recognized that the current levels of production and consumption are “unstable” and require global action. The new language was added to say that these levels are higher than the current waste management capabilities and projected to move forward, “requiring a coordinated global response to prevent and reversed such trends.”
The purpose of the treaty was also amended to explain that the agreement would be based on a comprehensive approach that addresses a full life cycle of plastic.
Science suggests what will happen to eliminate pollution and protect human health, said Bethany Carney Almoth, Professor of an ecotoxicology at Gothenburg, University of Sweden, said, who prefers the alliance of scientists for an effective plastic treaty. He said that science supports addressing the full life cycle of plastic, which begins with extraction and production, and restrictions some chemicals to ensure the plastic safe and more durable.
“Science has not changed,” he said. “This conversation cannot be done.”
Environmentalists, waste pickers and indigenous leaders and several business officials traveled to the conversation to hear their voice. Some used creative strategy, but are disappointed. Indigenous leaders demanded a treaty that recognizes their rights and knowledge.
A Report published in Lancet Medical Journal Plastic pollution has been described as a “severe, growing and low-stricken danger”, a day before the commencement of Geneva Dialogue begins, giving the world a cost of at least $ 1.5 trillion per year.
The report compared plastic to air and led pollution and said that plastic pollution Effect on health Can be reduced by laws and policies.
“Plastic infancy causes illness and death from old age and is responsible for health -related economic losses more than $ 1.5 trillion annually,” it said.
