A draft compromise for a ‘Plastics Treaty’ was tabled at the fifth session of the Intergovernmental Negotiating Committee (INC-5) in Busan on Friday 29 November. However, this new working basis does not mean the end of disagreements, as the delegations have until 1 December to reach an agreement.
As it stands, the 23 pages of the draft compromise still contain multiple, more or less binding versions of a future ‘Plastics Treaty’. Even the main principles do not meet with...