Today marks the launch of the final negotiation round (INC-5) for a UN Global Plastic Treaty. With the process nearing its conclusion, no agreement or outcome is secured, and governments remain divided on key issues. Marta Longhurst, global plastics treaty manager at the Ellen MacArthur Foundation tells Packaging Insights that governments must agree on ambitious starting points in the treaty text around restrictions and phase-outs of problematic and avoidable plastic products, as well as improvements in product design, and the inclusion of extended producer responsibility (EPR) schemes.
