INC-5: United Kingdom National Treaty Dialogues On Plastic Pollution - Report 2024

This comprehensive programme report captures the insightful discussions from the recent UK National Treaty Dialogues on Plastic Pollution. From 3-16 September 2024, stakeholders from across the UK plastics value chain – including NGOs, academia, upstream, downstream and midstream sectors - convened virtually for the fifth session of the UK Plastic Treaty Dialogues. Organised by OPLN in partnership with the UK Government's Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra), the dialogues were composed of both sectoral and plenary discussions, serving as a platform to share insights and views on the treaty.

These dialogues were held with two primary objectives in mind: to reflect on the intergovernmental negotiation process and to inform the UK's contributions at the fifth session of the Intergovernmental Negotiating Committee on plastic pollution (INC-5) in Busan, South Korea. INC-5 is scheduled to be the final session to develop a legally binding instrument on plastic pollution and will take place between 25 November – 1 December 2024.

This report records the views expressed by stakeholders during the sessions as valuable input to support the development of UK positions but should not be taken as UK Government policy.