U.N. 'very confident' of deal to regulate trade in plastic waste


  • World
  • Friday, 10 May 2019

GENEVA (Reuters) - U.N. talks on tightening controls on trade in plastic waste are very likely to reach a deal later on Friday after 11 days of often late-night talks, a spokesman for the UNEP Secretariat of the Basel, Rotterdam and Stockholm Conventions told reporters.

"We're very confident that we’ll have a decision to bring you later today," Charlie Avis said.

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