Dhaka, Aug. 14 -- Bangladesh has rejected the latest draft of the proposed Global Plastics Treaty, urging negotiators to adopt far stronger measures to combat plastic pollution.

The Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change said the draft falls far short of the United Nations Environment Assembly's (UNEA) Resolution 5/14 mandate for a binding global instrument to end plastic pollution.

Dhaka made its stance clear during the second segment of the fifth session of the Intergovernmental Negotiating Committee on Plastic Pollution (INC-5.2), held Wednesday at the Palais des Nations in Geneva, Switzerland.

According to a ministry statement issued Thursday, the draft "represents a weak and inadequate outcome" by excluding supply-side...