{"id":433570,"date":"2025-08-01T15:35:51","date_gmt":"2025-08-01T13:35:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.eunews.it\/2025\/08\/01\/plastica-ai-negoziati-di-ginevra-lue-spingera-per-un-trattato-globale-ambizioso\/"},"modified":"2025-08-01T19:10:15","modified_gmt":"2025-08-01T17:10:15","slug":"plastics-eu-will-push-for-ambitious-global-treaty-at-geneva-negotiations","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.eunews.it\/en\/2025\/08\/01\/plastics-eu-will-push-for-ambitious-global-treaty-at-geneva-negotiations\/","title":{"rendered":"Plastics, EU will push for ambitious global treaty at Geneva negotiations"},"content":{"rendered":"

Brussels – The EU is optimistic about the future of the global plastics treaty<\/strong>. UN negotiations (started in 2022) to put on paper an international treaty<\/strong> on the issue, scheduled for 5\u201314 August in Geneva<\/strong>, have reached their final stage. The EU executive will push for the adoption of a regulatory framework covering the entire life cycle of plastic products<\/strong>, from design to production and waste disposal.\n<\/p>\n

The objective of Brussels, speaking on behalf of the Twenty-Seven, is that the issue be tackled multilaterally with a holistic and transnational approach<\/strong>, going beyond the perspective in which each country decides autonomously which rules to set for itself, since tomes of scientific studies certify that pollution does not stop at state borders<\/strong>.<\/span><\/p>\n

Currently, international commitments are mainly directed towards short-term goals<\/strong> and focus mainly on actions to be implemented in the downstream<\/strong> part of the product lifecycle<\/strong>, mainly concerning management and disposal of waste<\/strong> containing plastics. At most, some countries are taking measures to reduce consumption and increase recycling<\/strong>, or are taking action to directly remove certain products from the market<\/strong>, such as single-use plastics.<\/p>\n

Instead, the EU would like to focus multilateral efforts on a more organic regulation<\/strong> that also involves the upstream part of the production process<\/strong>. As much as downstream interventions remain central, the Berlaymont notes, there is also a need to get to grips with all the stages from the very choice of creating a product<\/strong> to its design<\/strong>, then assembly<\/strong>, packaging<\/strong>, shipping<\/strong>, and finally marketing<\/strong>. <\/p>\n

Among the main problems that the draft treaty should help to address, EU sources note, is the ever-worsening pollution emergency<\/strong>. At current production levels, the commitments made by countries so far will not succeed in significantly limiting it<\/strong>, especially in the marine and aquifer ecosystems<\/strong>. <\/p>\n

On the other hand, the same sources emphasise that being able to introduce clear commitments (and ensure compliance across the board) will also allow companies to move within a predictable regulatory framework<\/strong> capable of guaranteeing a level playing field<\/strong> for economic actors<\/strong>.<\/span> One of the guiding principles, according to the EU, should be that “polluter pays<\/strong>“. <\/p>\n

There is cautious optimism<\/strong> in the Old Continent. Lately, the Commission emphasises, there has been a shift by many players (including heavyweights such as China and Brazil) in the direction of a shortening of negotiating positions, interpreted as a sign of a growing willingness to accept a compromise that works for all<\/strong>. <\/p>\n

The important thing, the official explains, is to equip the treaty with appropriate and flexible mechanisms<\/strong> to be able to adapt it to future technical and scientific developments<\/strong>, without making it lose its effectiveness, including monitoring and implementation tools<\/strong> to ensure that everyone plays by the rules. One of the most delicate knots will, as always, be that of funding (Brussels would like a dedicated financial instrument<\/strong>).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Final rush of talks at the level of the Intergovernmental Negotiating Committee (Inc-5.2), scheduled for the next two weeks in Switzerland. For the Commission, the window of opportunity is open<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7876,"featured_media":245631,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"episode_type":"","audio_file":"","podmotor_file_id":"","podmotor_episode_id":"","cover_image":"","cover_image_id":"","duration":"","filesize":"","filesize_raw":"","date_recorded":"","explicit":"","block":"","jnews-multi-image_gallery":[],"jnews_single_post":{"format":"standard","override":[{"template":"1","parallax":"1","fullscreen":"1","layout":"right-sidebar","sidebar":"default-sidebar","second_sidebar":"default-sidebar","sticky_sidebar":"1","share_position":"top","share_float_style":"share-monocrhome","show_featured":"1","show_post_meta":"1","show_post_author":"1","show_post_author_image":"1","show_post_date":"1","post_date_format":"default","post_date_format_custom":"Y\/m\/d","show_post_category":"1","show_post_reading_time":"0","post_reading_time_wpm":"300","post_calculate_word_method":"str_word_count","show_zoom_button":"0","zoom_button_out_step":"2","zoom_button_in_step":"3","show_post_tag":"1","show_prev_next_post":"1","show_popup_post":"1","number_popup_post":"1","show_author_box":"0","show_post_related":"1","show_inline_post_related":"0"}],"image_override":[{"single_post_thumbnail_size":"crop-500","single_post_gallery_size":"crop-500"}],"trending_post_position":"meta","trending_post_label":"Trending","sponsored_post_label":"Sponsored by","disable_ad":"0","subtitle":""},"jnews_primary_category":[],"jnews_override_counter":{"view_counter_number":"0","share_counter_number":"0","like_counter_number":"0","dislike_counter_number":"0"},"footnotes":""},"categories":[25706],"tags":[31257,31853,31854,28844,27246,25886,26480],"class_list":["post-433570","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-green-economy-en","tag-global-plastics-treaty-en","tag-negoziati-ginevra-en","tag-plastic-en","tag-inquiry-en","tag-sustainability-en","tag-waste-and"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.eunews.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/433570","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.eunews.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.eunews.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.eunews.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/7876"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.eunews.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=433570"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.eunews.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/433570\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":433571,"href":"https:\/\/www.eunews.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/433570\/revisions\/433571"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.eunews.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/245631"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.eunews.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=433570"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.eunews.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=433570"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.eunews.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=433570"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}