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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Stuti Mishra

Fears hundreds of fossil fuel lobbyists could derail crucial plastic pollution summit

Hundreds of oil, gas, and petrochemical industry representatives are present at a crucial UN summit in South Korea, where delegates aim to draft the world’s first legally binding treaty against plastic pollution.

The final session of negotiations for a global plastics treaty, which started on Monday in Busan, South Korea, has drawn 220 fossil fuel and chemical industry lobbyists, according to an analysis by the Center for International Environmental Law (CIEL).

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