Dhaka, Aug. 14 -- Bangladesh has categorically rejected the latest Chair's Draft of the proposed Global Plastics Treaty, demanding stronger measures against plastic pollution, and stating that it falls far short of the mandate set by United Nations Environment Assembly (UNEA) Resolution 5/14 to establish an internationally legally binding instrument to end plastic pollution.

The rejection was announced during the second part of the fifth session of the Intergovernmental Negotiating Committee on Plastic Pollution (INC-5.2), held on August 13, 2025, at the Palais des Nations, Geneva, Switzerland.

According to the Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change, the draft "represents a weak and inadequate outcome" that excludes supply-s...