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Nations gather in push to finalise UN Plastics Treaty

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Representatives from 170 countries are gathering in Geneva, Switzerland, today in the hopes of finalising a global treaty limiting plastic pollution.

December talks in South Korea collapsed after a small number of fossil fuel producing nations blocked attempts by 100 countries to introduce a legally binding treaty that limits plastics production.

Ahead of this week's summit, health experts have urged the United Nations to take a stronger stance against plastic pollution, which they describe as a "grave, growing and under-recognised danger to human health".

  • Guest: Dr Nicholas Chartres, Senior Research Fellow in the University of Sydney School of Pharmacy
  • Producer: Brooke Young
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Representatives from 170 countries are gathering in Geneva, Switzerland, today in the hopes of finalising a global treaty limiting plastic pollution.

December talks in South Korea collapsed after a small number of fossil fuel producing nations blocked attempts by 100 countries to introduce a legally binding treaty that limits plastics production.

Ahead of this week's summit, health experts have urged the United Nations to take a stronger stance against plastic pollution, which they describe as a "grave, growing and under-recognised danger to human health".

  • Guest: Dr Nicholas Chartres, Senior Research Fellow in the University of Sydney School of Pharmacy
  • Producer: Brooke Young
  continue reading

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