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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Environment
Karen McVeigh

Countries meet in Kenya to thrash out global plastic pollution treaty

Volunteers collect plastic waste during a cleaning exercise in Kilifi county, Kenya.
Volunteers collect plastic waste during a cleaning exercise in Kilifi county, Kenya. Photograph: Simon Maina/AFP/Getty Images

Government delegations will gather in Nairobi, Kenya, to hammer out details of what could be the first global treaty to tackle the plastic pollution crisis.

A key focus for the discussions on Monday will be whether targets to restrict plastic production should be decided unilaterally or whether states should choose their own targets; this is, say environmentalists, the “centre of gravity” for the treaty’s ambition.

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