A man in a striped shirt pushes a cart loaded with plastic waste inside a recycling facility. Piles of plastic and industrial equipment are visible in the background. The 1A WAMU NPR logo is overlaid at the bottom.

Parsing the global plastic pollution problem

The last round of negotiations for a global treaty addressing plastic pollution is underway in Busan, South Korea.

This week’s summit of the United Nations Intergovernmental Negotiating Committee, or INC-5 summit – named for these talks being the fifth round of discussions in two years, includes 175 countries. The objective: come up with a solution to the plastic pollution problem. 

IPEN Executive Director Bjorn Peeler speaks with WAMU/National Public Radio’s 1A show, hear the full panel discussion on the 1A website.

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IPEN (Mtandao wa Kimataifa wa Kuondoa Wachafuzi)
Inaendeshwa na  UTIIbidi wa Biskuti wa GDPR
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