Oil producers stand in the way of a global treaty on plastics regulation

A giant art sculpture showing a tap outpouring plastic bottles, each of which was picked up in the neighborhood of Kibera, during the UNEA held at the U.N. UNEP headquarters in Nairobi, Kenya Wednesday, March 2, 2022.[Brian Inganga, Standard] .

In March 2022, during the fifth session of the UN Environment Assembly (UNEA-5) held in Nairobi, a historic resolution for the world to develop an international, legally binding instrument on plastic pollution was adopted.