Editorial

16:53 JST, August 25, 2025

Can the environmental destruction caused by plastic waste be stopped? It can be said that the international community is at a crossroads. Countries must resume negotiations as soon as possible and seek a point of agreement.

Efforts to formulate the first international treaty to prevent environmental pollution caused by plastic waste have come to a standstill. Intergovernmental negotiations involving 184 countries and regions ended without reaching an agreement. No date has been set for resuming the next round of talks.

A series of negotiations, which have continued since 2022, were due to conclude by the end of last year. The previous meeting held in South Korea ended in failure, and the extended meeting took place in Switzerland this time, but once again........

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