Negotiators working on the world's first treaty to curb plastic pollution need to hurry up and strike a deal, Kenyan President William Ruto said on Monday at the start of talks in Nairobi.
Negotiators working on the world's first treaty to curb plastic pollution need to hurry up and strike a deal, Kenya n President William Ruto said on Monday at the start of talks in Nairobi . The world produces about 400 million metric tonnes of plastic waste annually and less than 10% of it is recycled, according to the U.N. Environment Programme.
At least 14 million metric tonnes ends up in the ocean every year, the International Union for Conservation of Nature says, while more piles up in landfills.in the Kenyan capital Nairobi for the third round of talks will consider a list of possible measures to include in the treaty. "I urge all the negotiators to recall that 2024 is only six weeks away and (there) are only two other meetings to go," Ruto said at the opening of the talks. Governments agreed in March 2022 to put together a treaty on controlling plastic pollution by the end of next yea
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