Countries are nearing agreement to tighten controls on trade in plastic waste, w...
GENEVA - Countries are nearing agreement to tighten controls on trade in plastic waste, which would make it harder for leading exporter the United States to ship unsorted plastic to emerging Asian economies for disposal, campaigners said on Tuesday.
Global public outrage has grown at marine pollution, sparking demands for more recycling and better waste management.Germany, the United States and Japan each exported more than 1 billion kilos of plastic waste last year, U.N. figures show. Officials from 187 countries taking part in UNEP negotiations are considering legally-binding amendments to the Basel Convention on waste that would regulate trade in discarded plastic.“The dynamics are relatively positive because we see an overwhelming majority of countries supporting tighter control on plastic waste trade,” David Azoulay of the Center for International Environmental Law told Reuters at the Geneva talks that end on Friday.
Any plastic that goes on this so-called Annex 2 could not be traded between parties and non-parties to the Basel treaty.
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