{"id":621,"date":"2025-08-07T10:19:49","date_gmt":"2025-08-07T10:19:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/businesssinglesmeet.com\/?p=621"},"modified":"2025-08-12T15:49:36","modified_gmt":"2025-08-12T15:49:36","slug":"us-memo-urges-countries-to-reject-plastic-production-caps-in-un-treaty-report","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/businesssinglesmeet.com\/index.php\/2025\/08\/07\/us-memo-urges-countries-to-reject-plastic-production-caps-in-un-treaty-report\/","title":{"rendered":"US memo urges countries to reject plastic production caps in UN Treaty \u2013 report"},"content":{"rendered":"
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A memo from the Trump administration, reportedly seen by Reuters, urges countries to reject caps on plastic production in UN treaty talks.<\/h4>\n

The United States urged several countries to reject limits on plastic production and plastic chemical additives ahead of this week\u2019s UN plastic treaty negotiations, according to a memo and communications seen by Reuters<\/a>.<\/p>\n

In the communications dated July 25 and shared with countries at the outset of talks on Monday, the U.S. outlined its non-negotiable positions, which place it in direct opposition with more than 100 countries.<\/p>\n

This week, delegations from 170 countries have gathered in Geneva, Switzerland, to negotiate a global agreement on plastic pollution<\/a>.<\/p>\n

The fifth session of the Intergovernmental Negotiating Committee (INC-5.2) follows what was intended to be the last round of negotiations.<\/p>\n

The previous meeting in Busan, South Korea,\u00a0ended without agreement as over 100 nations wanted to cap plastic production while several oil-producing countries were only prepared to target plastic waste.<\/p>\n

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It\u00a0is easy to ignore the visible impact of plastic when you bury or export your waste, as the US does.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

The U.S. delegation is led by career State Department officials who had represented the Biden administration.<\/p>\n

Reuters reports the officials sent memos to countries saying it will not agree to a treaty that includes measures to cap plastic production.<\/p>\n

The memo reportedly says that the US doesn\u2019t support measures that it claims will \u2018increase the costs of all plastic products that are used throughout our daily lives\u2019.<\/p>\n

A State Department spokesperson said each country should take decisions according to its national context.<\/p>\n

\u201cSome countries may choose to undertake bans, while others may want to focus on improved collection and recycling,\u201d the spokesperson told Reuters.<\/p>\n

Commenting on the report, Sian Sutherland, Co-Founder, A Plastic Planet & Plastic Health Council, said: \u201cThis is what it looks like when the few try to dictate the future of the many.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u00a0is easy to ignore the visible impact of plastic when you bury or export your waste, as the US does. But the health impact (on) US citizens cannot be ignored.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s time to abandon the myth that moving away from plastic is a step backwards. The 100 countries at the UN backing a cap on production already know that.\u201d<\/p>\n

A peer-reviewed study in the Lancet medical journal released to coincide with the start of negotiations found that plastic is causing death and disease from infancy to old age<\/a>.<\/p>\n

The Lancet study found that plastics endanger human and planetary health at \u2018every stage of their lifecycle\u2019, from fossil fuel extraction, production, use, recycling and disposal.<\/p>\n

The world is in a \u2018plastic crisis\u2019, it concluded, which is responsible for health-related economic losses exceeding US $1\u00b75 trillion annually, with impacts \u2018disproportionately\u2019 hitting low-income and at-risk populations.<\/p>\n

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