Negotiators at a U.N. plastic pollution summit in Busan, South Korea are pushing for a legally binding treaty that would set global plastic production reduction targets.
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00:00Negotiators hoping to form a treaty curbing global plastic production have been met with
00:05pushback at a UN summit in South Korea.
00:09Plastics are not convenience, plastics are poison. Every piece that we are allowed to
00:16produce without limits is a direct assault on our health, on our nature and our children.
00:24For those blocking progress, you are allowing this crisis to fester and it will kill us.
00:32A treaty put forward by Panama calls for a significant reduction in plastic production.
00:37The proposal already has the support of over 100 countries, but some oil-producing countries
00:42want a treaty that only focuses on plastic waste.
00:46Despite Sunday being the last day of scheduled talks, a session to finalise the deal has
00:51not yet been set.