Egypt's Minister of Environment Stresses Urgent Need to Address Plastic Pollution

Egypt's Minister of Environment Stresses Urgent Need to Address Plastic Pollution

Minister of Local Development and Acting Minister of Environment, Manal Awad, reviewed a report on the outcomes of the participation of the Egyptian delegation in the fifth session of the Intergovernmental Negotiating Committee to develop an international legally binding instrument on plastic pollution, including in the marine environment (INC-5.2).

Plastic pollution deal now appears adrift

A three-year global push to reach a legally binding treaty to curb plastic pollution choking the oceans and harming human health now appears adrift, participants said. © New Straits Times Press (M) Bhd

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Egypt’s Acting Minister of Environment and Minister of Local Development, Dr. Manal Awad, has emphasized the pressing need for a legally binding international agreement to combat plastic pollution, citing its alarming impacts on public health, biodiversity, and global ecological balance. The remarks follow Egypt’s active participation in the latest round of negotiations for a global plastics treaty, held in Geneva from August 5 to 15. The second…