"U.S. To Back Global Treaty Aimed At Curbing Plastic Pollution"

"The United States will support a global treaty to tackle plastic pollution, Secretary of State Antony Blinken announced yesterday at U.N. Environment Programme headquarters.

Blinken made the announcement while in Nairobi, Kenya, during the Biden administration’s first trip to the African continent.

Negotiations for the global agreement to combat ocean plastic pollution will be launched at the U.N. Environment Assembly in February 2022.

“Our goal is to create a tool that we can use to protect our oceans and all the life that they sustain from growing global harms of plastic pollution,” Blinken said.

The announcement marks a change in position for the United States, which opposed the treaty during the Trump administration."

Ana Faguy reports for E&E News November 18, 2021.