Not So Elastic on Plastic?

Plastics are a serious and lasting environmental problem. Their creation, use and disposal create many difficulties for the planet. The UN's Environment Programme (Unep) is having a meeting, in Paris, to consider the issues around plastic waste (https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2023/may/18/scientists-say-they-have-been-locked-out-of-the-room-at-unep-talks-on-plastic-waste). One obvious concern, is the collection of plastics waste in developed nations. Some of this material, rather then being recycled, has been exported to developing countries. There it's simply dumped or burned. There are, however, several oddities about Unep's Paris 'jamboree'. Firstly, Unep has produced its upbeat report, claiming an 80% reduction in plastic waste is easily achievable, before the meeting has even taken place. Secondly, the organisers are giving little opportunity for voices from the highly negatively-impacted developing nations to be expressed. Thirdly, Unep managed to 'lose' (a 'glitch', they claim) detailed concerns and criticisms raised by the Scientist's Coalition on Effective Plastics Treaty (Scept). The Unep report seems to be actively endorsing 'recycling' plastic waste, by burning it in cement kilns. This process is enthusiastically endorsed by plastics manufacturers. However, it generates substantial 'greenhouse gas' emissions (as does flying 'representatives' from 193 nations to this Paris meeting!). It's almost as if Unep has been taken over by 'big oil' and the plastics industry?