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EPISODE · Aug 8, 2025 · 13 MIN

Global plastic treaty talks in Geneva enter make-or-break stage

from Saturday Extra - Separate stories podcast · host Australian Broadcasting Corporation

This week, delegates from around the world gathered in Geneva to try to hammer out a global treaty on plastic pollution.Without a binding treaty, plastic waste is projected to triple by 2060. Right now just 96 countries are united behind strategies such as improving design, effective financing and phasing out toxic chemicals in the production phase of plastic production.  The esteemed British medical journal The Lancet has warned that plastic — like climate change — has become a "danger" to humanity that was causing disease and death from infancy to old age.

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