By Olivia Le Paidevin and Valerie Volkovichi
Geneva/Washington (Reuters) -the cluttered states sent letters to at least a handful of countries calling for them to reject the target of a global pact, which includes restrictions on the production of plastic and plastic chemical additives at the beginning of the UN plastic conversations in Geneva, according to the notes and communications observed.
In Communications of July 25 and distributed in countries at the beginning of Monday’s negotiations, the United States exhibited its red negotiations, which put it in direct opposition to over 100 countries that supported these measures.
The hopes for an ambitious global contract for the Last Chance, which handles the full life cycle of plastic pollution from the production of polymers to the disposal of waste, darkens as the delegates gather for what was intended to be the last round of negotiations.
There are significant divisions between the countries that produce oil-producing-which opposes the limitations of the production of pristine plastic, nourished by oil, coal and gas countries such as the European Union and the small island countries that are advocating for restrictions, as well as stronger management of plastic products and dangerous chemicals.
The US delegation, led by staff of the State Department of the Career, who represented the Biden administration, send notes to countries that set their position and stated that they would not agree to a contract that deals with the upper part of plastic pollution.
“We will not support impractical global approaches, such as plastic production targets or prohibitions and restrictions on plastic additives or plastic products – which will increase the cost of all plastic products used throughout our daily lives,” said Reuters notes that they have been sent to countries that cannot be indicated.
Nairobi meeting
The United States has admitted in the note that after attending Nairobi delegation leaders from June 30 to July 2, we obviously do not see a convergence of provisions related to the supply of plastic, plastic, plastic additives or global bans and restrictions on products and chemicals known as the world list. “
A spokesman for the State Department told Reuters to take any measures according to its national context.
“Some countries may choose to take bans, while others may want to focus on improved collection and recycling,” the spokesman said.
John Hochevar, director of the Greenpeace USA Ocean Campaign, said the US delegation tactics at Trump marked a “return to the old school harassment from the US government, trying to use its financial wisdom to persuade governments to change its position in the way.”
One of the world’s leading plastics manufacturers, the US has also suggested that the project target to reduce plastic pollution is revised by eliminating a reference to a contractual “approach that deals with the full life cycle of plastics” in a proposed resolution observed by Reuters.
A source familiar with the negotiations told Reuters that he told the US was seeking to return the language that was agreed in 2022 to renegotiate the term of office.
The American position as a whole has been aligned with the positions set out by the global petrochemical industry, which indicates similar positions before the talks, and a number of powerful countries from oil and oil and petrochemical producers who occupied this position during the negotiations.
More than 100 countries have supported the restriction on global plastic production.
In the US, the Trump administration has numerous measures to cancel climatic and environmental policies, which is said to put too many weights for the industry.
The production of plastic will be tripled to 2060 without intervention, suffocating the oceans, harms human health and accelerates climate change, according to the OECD.
(Report from Valerie Volkovichi in Washington and Olivia Le Podvin in Geneva, Edit by Ed Osmond)