US changing stance on UN plastics treaty

Sian Sutherland, co-founder of organizations A Plastic Planet and the Plastic Health Council, says this could be a “seismic moment” in the ongoing treaty negotiations.

“The significant shift in approach by the U.S. goes against Saudi Arabia, China and many other petrostates who lobby for a tepid treaty to ensure they can continue pumping plastic out into the environment unabated,” Sutherland says in a statement. "It has been clear for decades that the current level of plastic production has been unsustainable, and its high time that the U.S. and the other leading economies of the world took their head out of the sand on the disastrous consequences of a business-as-usual approach.

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