On November 28, 2022, the first round of negotiations for an international treaty on plastics was held in Uruguay. The treaty’s ambition is simple: to put an end to plastic pollution by preventing any further dumping of waste into ecosystems. This negotiation brought together the coalition of countries to put an end to plastic pollution.
In Nairobi, 175 states had already approved a resolution against plastic pollution, which set this objective for an international treaty. The second round of negotiations will be held in France in the spring of 2023. A total of 4 sessions will follow:
- November 2023 in Nairobi;
- February 2024, at the 6ᵉ session of the United Nations Environment Assembly ;
- April 2024 in Canada ;
- Autumn 2024, venue to be determined ;
The purpose of this treaty will be to constitute a legally binding instrument aimed at putting an end to plastic pollution by studying all its life cycles. As a reminder, this is a key priority of the European action plan on the circular economy under the Green Pact for Europe, so much so that the European Commission recently called the French government to order, judging its efforts in this area to be insufficient.
