Geneva, Aug 11, 2025 (AFP) - Four days left to square the circle on global plastic pollution treaty

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2025-08-11

Countries remained at loggerheads Monday over how to tackle plastic pollution, with only four days left to craft a landmark global treaty on reining in the ever-growing scourge. While plastic has transformed modern life, plastic pollution poses an increasing threat to the environment and the human body -- and every day the garbage accumulates on land and in the oceans. The 184 countries meeting at the United Nations to sculpt a first internationa......

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