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More than 100 countries reject draft treaty as ‘unambitious’ and ‘inadequate’

Talks on the world’s first legally binding treaty to end plastic pollution have stalled just one day before the negotiations are due to end.

More than 100 “high ambition” countries rejected as “unacceptable” and “unambitious” a draft treaty text that does not limit plastic production, nor address chemicals used in plastic products.

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