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Artist drowns sculpture in plastic waste in front of the UN during plastic pollution treaty talks
Negotiators from 184 countries remain divided over plastic production limits and waste management as the treaty deadline nears, with only 9% of plastic ever recycled, UN officials said.
- On Monday, negotiators at the United Nations in Geneva remained deadlocked as 184 countries seek consensus with four days left to finalize the treaty.
- Rival camps have emerged over the treaty’s purpose and scope, with the Like-Minded Group of oil-producing states demanding waste management and the Ambitious Group pushing for chemical and production controls.
- The draft text contains nearly 1,500 brackets of disagreement as of Monday, five times more than in the previous Busan round, highlighting deep divisions.
- Environmental groups say the negotiations are at a breaking point after three years of consensus-driven talks, with Thursday’s deadline heightening frustration.
- Future outcomes hinge on whether the treaty addresses production, as the OECD projects a waste-management-only approach would still produce a 47% increase in mismanaged plastic waste by 2040.
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Canadian artist Benjamin Von Wong will cover his sculpture with plastic waste during negotiations to curb plastic pollution in Geneva. Delegates are forging the first global agreement, but the number of unresolved issues is growing.
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Nearly every day since July 31, Benjamin Von Wong has been surrounding his 20-foot-tall art installation, The Thinker’s Burden, with a little more plastic trash. By Thursday, parts of it could be totally obscured beneath a mountain of garbage in front of the Palais des Nations in Geneva. Von Wong, a Canadian artist, created his sculpture specifically for this month’s round of negotiations over a global plastics treaty. It features a replica of A…
Artist drowns sculpture in plastic waste in front of UN office during pollution talks
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