23 Feb 2023 --- Nations worldwide are dividing and conflicting over which direction to take the UN’s global plastic pollution treaty. EU and African countries are pushing for plastic reduction, while the US and Saudi Arabia want the treaty to focus on recycling and waste disposal. EU supporters want top-down rules to target reductions in the amount of plastic produced, while the US side – a major oil producer – favors a bottom-up approach concentrating on stopping plastic from polluting land and sea.
