• Majority of countries express disappointment with the draft plastics treaty, which does away with a key demand for countries to limit plastic production.

• The current version favors a minority bloc, including several Arab states and India, advocating for addressing plastic pollution without production cuts.

• Kuwait has largely approving of the text, while about 80 member states express disapproval.

• Independent observers, including Swathi Seshadri, petrochemicals specialist, and David Azoulay, Centre for International Environmental Law, criticize the new treaty for not addressing the full life-cycle of plastics, including production, and for not mandating reuse and refill systems.

• The treaty is seen as a mockery of a three-year-long consultative process that showed broad support for an ambitious plastics treaty.

Plastics Treaty Draft Rifts is important topic for Civil service exam (WBCS).

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