UN plastic treaty gains support from China to Saudi Arabia, but can Asian countries really get rid of pollution and waste?

Asia’s largest plastic producers, from China to India, Saudi Arabia and Japan were among the 175 United Nations member states that last week indicated their approval of a plan to create the world’s first global plastics treaty by 2024.Environmentalists and bureaucrats working on plastics policy around the region have cheered the accord struck at the UN Environment Assembly as a “historic” moment, but some insiders say it is too early to pop the champagne.Much of the conversation surrounding the…