SECTORAL POLICIES / Environment

Future international plastics treaty, European Commission tells MEPs of pitfalls ahead

Brussels, 06/12/2022 (Agence Europe)

Negotiating the binding international treaty to end plastic pollution(see EUROPE B13070A10, B13049A5) will not be a walk in the park, despite the ambitious negotiating timetable already established.

The European Commission’s assessment of the first meeting of the Intergovernmental Negotiating Committee in Uruguay, presented to the European Parliament’s Committee on the Environment on Monday 5 December, was mixed.

“This first meeting set the scene. There will be four more, the next one...