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Since 2022, countries have been negotiating the first legally binding global agreement to tackle plastic waste across its whole life cycle, from production to disposal.
The United Nations is the body under which these talks are held, specifically through its Environment Programme, which convened negotiators from around the world to draft the first legally binding global treaty addressing plastic pollution across its entire life cycle, from how plastic is produced all the way through to how it is disposed of or recycled.
The World Trade Organization deals with international trade rules rather than environmental treaties, and NATO is a military and political alliance; neither has any role in negotiating a global agreement on plastic waste.
One of the thorniest sticking points in these negotiations has been whether the treaty should cap how much new plastic is produced in the first place, since some countries and industry groups favor focusing only on waste management and recycling rather than limiting production, a disagreement that has repeatedly pushed back the talks' original deadlines.
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