UN plastic talks grapple with re-use, recycle, reduce

Delegates interact during a break in the closing plenary of the Third session of the Intergovernmental Negotiating Committee on Plastic Pollution (INC-3) at the United Nations Office (UNON) in Nairobi on November 19, 2023. (Photo by Tony KARUMBA / AFP)

NAIROBI: A third round of United Nations (UN) negotiations to try to deliver the world’s first treaty to control plastic pollution has drawn more than 500 proposals from governments, participants say.

Negotiators, who spent a week meeting in the Kenyan capital at talks known as INC3, have until the end of next year to strike a deal for the control of plastics, which produce an estimated 400 million tonnes of waste every year.