Can the world solve plastic pollution together?

The world is trying to craft a legally binding treaty on plastic pollution, but not everyone agrees on what that should look like.

As negotiations during the second part of the fifth session of the Intergovernmental Negotiating Committee (INC-5.2) resume in Geneva this August to hammer out a global plastics treaty, deep divides remain over issues like plastic production, financing and equity. Who’s pulling the strings, what’s stalling progress, and why does it matter for all of us? 

BFM speaks to Arpita Bhagat, the plastic policy officer at Gaia Asia Pacific, and Rayhan Dudayev, a senior regional campaign strategist at Greenpeace Southeast Asia, about the politics, power plays and potential of the global plastics treaty.

Presented and produced by: Juliet Jacobs/BFM

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