There is significant disagreement over whether to create a dedicated plastics fund, funded by developed donor countries, or use existing mechanisms such as the Global Environment Facility.
The draft treaty text mentions tariffs or taxes on plastic production, which many delegates considered essential to raising enough money to implement the global treaty. This is a red line for many plastic-producing countries that consider any such measure to be punitive and impose an unreasonable cost on trade.
2. Plastic production
He very ambitious coalition Co-chaired by Rwanda and Norway, it sees measures to reduce plastic production as essential, a position backed by considerable evidence.
Panama presented a ambitious proposal require countries to adopt a global target to reduce production of primary plastic polymers to sustainable levels once the treaty is agreed.
However, plastic production reduction targets are another red line for oil-rich countries. At the closing plenary session, statements on behalf of the like-minded group and the Arab group and others made it clear that they would not accept any such measure.
3. Security
Research shows More than 16,000 chemicals are used or present in plastics, and while safety information is lacking for more than 10,000 of them, 4,200 are known to be of concern.
Effective regulation of the use of chemicals in plastics must be the cornerstone of any plastics treaty. However, despite proposals and support from more than 100 member countries for the global elimination of harmful chemicals, the draft treaty text makes only passing reference to chemicals.