UN "very confident" of deal to regulate trade in plastic waste

U.N. talks on tightening controls on trade in plastic waste are very likely to reach a deal later on Friday after 11 days of often late-night talks, a spokesman for the UNEP Secretariat of the Basel, Rotterdam and Stockholm Conventions told reporters.

"We're very confident that we'll have a decision to bring you later today," Charlie Avis said.

Campaigners have said legally-binding amendments to the Basel Convention on waste would make it harder for leading exporter the United States to ship unsorted plastic to emerging Asian economies for disposal.