{"id":58373,"date":"2025-08-14T08:44:23","date_gmt":"2025-08-14T08:44:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/mauritius\/all-news\/global-plastics-treaty-talks-stall-in-geneva"},"modified":"2025-08-14T09:00:14","modified_gmt":"2025-08-14T09:00:14","slug":"global-plastics-treaty-talks-stall-in-geneva","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/mauritius\/all-news\/global-plastics-treaty-talks-stall-in-geneva","title":{"rendered":"Global Plastics Treaty Talks Stall in Geneva"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong>Africa-Press &#8211; Mauritius. <\/strong><\/span>With just hours left to reach a deal on plastics, negotiators in Geneva were scrambling Wednesday to resolve a deadlock caused by \u201cred lines\u201d of member countries.<\/p>\n<p>Nations are crafting the first global, legally binding treaty on plastics pollution at the United Nations office in Switzerland.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cTo be honest, we need a breakthrough now. We have so few hours left and at some time yesterday it was like \u2013 it was all frozen. Now we need a breakthrough,\u201d Danish Environment Minister and E.U. representative Magnus Heunicke said Wednesday.<\/p>\n<p>The minister lambasted \u201ctoo many red lines\u201d which make it \u201cimpossible to agree on a treaty\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>While activists call for curbing plastics production in general, lobbyists from the plastics industry warn against \u201cextremely shortsighted\u201d moves.<\/p>\n<p>Instead, Ross Eisenberg, president of America\u2019s Plastic Makers, touts the many advantages of plastics in medicine, cars, planes and defense applications.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt is extremely shortsighted that this incredible material that is often frankly the lowest carbon choice should somehow be going away. Eisenberg said Wednesday.<\/p>\n<p>The talks are scheduled to conclude on Thursday.<\/p>\n<p><strong>For More News And Analysis About <span style=\"color: #ff6600\">Mauritius<\/span> Follow <span style=\"color: #ff6600\">Africa-Press<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Africa-Press &#8211; Mauritius. With just hours left to reach a deal on plastics, negotiators in Geneva were scrambling Wednesday to resolve a deadlock caused by \u201cred lines\u201d of member countries. 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