Only one country didn't sign

It would seem logical, and normal, to sign on to an agreement to help control the ubiquitous plastic waste pollution problem this world faces.

The UN created such an agreement.  And 187 nations did sign it.  The only country not signing it was the United States of America.


Nearly every country in the world approves pact to reduce plastic pollution, except the U.S.

Excerpted quotes:

"Rolph Payet of the United Nations Environment Program said the "historic" agreement linked to the 186-country, U.N.-supported Basel Convention means that countries will have to monitor and track the movements of plastic waste outside their borders.

The framework "is historic in the sense that it is legally binding," Payet said. "They (the countries) have managed to use an existing international instrument to put in place those measures."

And the USA couldn't sign this?

That's pathetic.