Philippines Urges Binding Global Plastics Treaty with Limits on Polymer Production

Reported September 30, 2026: DENR Undersecretary Analiza Rebuelta-Teh, speaking at a High-Level Business and Policy Roundtable on the Global Plastics Treaty held September 23 in New York, called for a predictable, standardized global framework. The Philippine position favors legally binding restrictions on raw polymer production and mandatory financial assistance to developing nations, and warns that a treaty focused only on waste management would lock countries into costly cycles of waste handling.