For the past three years, governments have been negotiating a legally binding agreement on plastic pollution to address this crisis (Global Plastics Treaty). The interests of the plastics industry, driven by profit motives, directly conflict with public health, environmental protection, and human rights, specifically opposing provisions to reduce the production of plastics or regulate the toxic chemicals used in their manufacture. Allowing vested interests to shape the treaty risks weakening its objective and provisions and prolonging the plastics crisis.
Conflict of Interest in the Global Plastics Treaty examines how industries influence negotiations and the kinds of interference in the Global Plastics Treaty negotiations to date. It also offers specific recommendations to safeguard the negotiations, the future Conference of the Parties, and the implementation of the future treaty.
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Published May 2025