Negotiations to create a global plastic pollution treaty collapse again
By 
Jamie Durrani2025-08-15T13:52:00
Geneva meeting descends into chaos with hastily revised treaty text rejected by member states
itself an extension of talks that have been going on for three years, and which had previously failed to agree the treaty text when the original deadline passed last December.
According to the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development, more than six million tonnes of plastic entered rivers, lakes and the ocean in 2019 alone. And with plastic production set to triple by 2060, the amount of plastic finding its way into the environment is expected to rise dramatically.