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Global plastics
![Road to Busan for a Plastic-free Future Road to Busan for a Plastic-free Future](https://thediplomat.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/sizes/thumbnail/thediplomat_2024-05-15-144159.jpg)
Road to Busan for a Plastic-free Future
By Jed Alegado
Asia-Pacific countries could prove critical to ensuring the treaty addresses not only waste management, but the root issue of plastic production.
![Asia-Pacific States Must Divorce Their Industry Friends for a Strong Global Plastics Treaty Asia-Pacific States Must Divorce Their Industry Friends for a Strong Global Plastics Treaty](https://thediplomat.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/sizes/thumbnail/thediplomat_2024-04-23-200003.jpg)
Asia-Pacific States Must Divorce Their Industry Friends for a Strong Global Plastics Treaty
By Arpita Bhagat
With just two meetings left to finalize the treaty text, the significance of the current Intergovernmental Negotiating Committee meeting cannot be overstated.
![Why Asia Needs to Move Beyond Plastic Bag Bans Why Asia Needs to Move Beyond Plastic Bag Bans](https://thediplomat.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/sizes/thumbnail/thediplomat-guise-1533853_1280.jpg)
Why Asia Needs to Move Beyond Plastic Bag Bans
By Kris Hartley
Seriously addressing the region’s plastic apocalypse will require moving beyond blunt moves such as plastic bag bans.
![Bali’s Garbage Emergency Exposes Indonesia’s Big Rubbish Problem Bali’s Garbage Emergency Exposes Indonesia’s Big Rubbish Problem](https://thediplomat.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/01/sizes/thumbnail/thediplomat-indonesia-beach.jpg)
Bali’s Garbage Emergency Exposes Indonesia’s Big Rubbish Problem
By Luke Hunt
The escalation of the crisis is an embarrassment for the Southeast Asian state.
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