Switzerland: Negotiations on plastic pollution treaty extended

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In Switzerland, negotiations for a global treaty to combat plastic pollution have been extended an additional day as countries struggle to reach consensus at the United Nations. The talks, which began on August 5 and were originally scheduled to conclude Thursday, August 14 in Geneva, mark the sixth attempt to establish a legally binding agreement after two and a half years of unsuccessful negotiations. The European Union has labeled the proposal "not acceptable," with most participating nations and organizations similarly rejecting the terms.   #PlasticPollution #GlobalTreaty #BreakFreeFromPlastic #UNEnvironmentTalks #teleSUREnglish

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00:00Welcome back to From the South. We continue with more information in Switzerland.

00:04Talks on securing a global treaty to combat plastic pollution have failed to reach an

00:09agreement at the United Nations. The talks towards a legally binding instrument on tackling plastic

00:15pollution opened on August 5th and has been originally scheduled to close on Thursday 14th

00:21in Geneva after five failed rounds of talks over the past two and a half years. The draft presented

00:27by the chair of the negotiation committee Luis Baez Valdivieso did not limit plastic production

00:33or addresses chemicals used in plastic products causing it to be marked non-acceptable by the

00:41European Union and rejected by most participant countries and organizations. On the other hand

00:46all producing states want to the treaty to focus primarily on waste management.

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