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plastic pollution
![Southeast Asian States’ Position in Global Plastics Treaty Negotiation: A Case of Maladministration? Southeast Asian States’ Position in Global Plastics Treaty Negotiation: A Case of Maladministration?](https://thediplomat.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/sizes/thumbnail/thediplomat-guise-1533853_1280.jpg)
Southeast Asian States’ Position in Global Plastics Treaty Negotiation: A Case of Maladministration?
By Rayhan Dudayev and Fajri Fadhillah
If governments abandon their responsibility to secure their citizens' health through a strong Global Plastics Treaty, they could face legal liability.
![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.
![Global Plastics Treaty Will Test Japan’s Clean Image Global Plastics Treaty Will Test Japan’s Clean Image](https://thediplomat.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/sizes/thumbnail/thediplomat_2023-05-17-124434.jpg)
Global Plastics Treaty Will Test Japan’s Clean Image
By Hirotaka Koike
As one of the negotiators representing the Asia-Pacific, Japan's reluctance to embrace agreed global rules capping plastics use is concerning.
![China Tackles Its Plastic Problem China Tackles Its Plastic Problem](https://thediplomat.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/sizes/thumbnail/thediplomat-2020-01-28-18.jpg)
China Tackles Its Plastic Problem
By Eleanor Albert
Ambitious new reforms seek to cut down on China’s plastic addiction.
![Asia Will No Longer Tolerate Being a Plastic Waste Dump Asia Will No Longer Tolerate Being a Plastic Waste Dump](https://thediplomat.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/sizes/thumbnail/thediplomat-plastic-burning-surabaya-indonesia.jpg)
Asia Will No Longer Tolerate Being a Plastic Waste Dump
By Mageswari Sangaralingam and Sam Cossar
China set the trend of refusing foreign plastic waste. Now other Asian countries are following suit.
![Oceans of Plastic: Fixing Indonesia’s Marine Debris Pollution Laws Oceans of Plastic: Fixing Indonesia’s Marine Debris Pollution Laws](https://thediplomat.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/sizes/thumbnail/thediplomat_2017-01-26_13-30-23.jpg)
Oceans of Plastic: Fixing Indonesia’s Marine Debris Pollution Laws
By Muhammad Taufan
How can Indonesia overcome its status as the world’s second-largest contributor to plastic marine pollution?
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