{
  "id": 585848,
  "title": "New plastic treaty document criticized for weaker ambition",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/11/new-plastic-treaty-document-criticized-for-weaker-ambition",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-08-11T16:00:09.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Phys.org",
    "slug": "phys-org",
    "url": "https://phys.org/news/2026-08-plastic-treaty-document-criticized-weaker.html"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
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  "summary": "A new document attempting to resuscitate a floundering global plastics treaty suggests that negotiations are trending in a less ambitious direction, a leading scientific expert told AFP on Tuesday.",
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}