Each year, 460 million tons of plastic are produced, yet less than 15% is ever recycled, leaving the majority to pollute land, waterways and oceans. Since 2022, governments have been negotiating a Global Plastics Treaty to address plastic pollution across its full lifecycle — from production and design to waste management. Despite progress, negotiations have stalled and remain divided between reducing plastic production and focusing on downstream recycling and waste management. This webinar, convened by the EU SWITCH-Asia Policy Support Component and the European Environmental Bureau, updated Asian and Pacific officials, experts and business representatives on the negotiation outcomes and discussed how national and regional actions could advance circularity and collective solutions, while negotiations for a global agreement are under way.