Plastics Treaty: Will Nations Cut Production? – Consumers Association Penang

*Image credit: Seunghyeok Choi / Break Free From Plastic, Uproot Plastic Coalition*

Delegates from 175 countries met at the fifth session of the Intergovernmental Negotiating Committee – #INC5 – to develop a historic and international legally binding instrument on plastic pollution. Debates centered on reducing plastic production and managing waste, but did resistance from fossil fuel-producing nations stall progress?

Find out what happened at this critical meeting from Wong Pui Yi, a Research Consultant with the Basel Action Network, and Mageswari Sangaralingam, an Honorary Secretary from Sahabat Alam Malaysia – SAM and Chief Executive at the Consumers Association Penang – CAP who were both at the talks in Busan.

Produced & Presented by: Juliet Jacobs

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