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December 6, 2024 at 2:05 PM. ... The nations of the world were supposed to complete negotiations on a Global Plastics Treaty on December 1. They didn't. ... Science 2021 (Meijer et al. 2021) ...
December 31, 2024 at 3:00 AM. ... to forge a legally binding global treaty to curb plastic pollution. ... is aimed at reducing plastic pollution in California; its efforts helped lead to the ...
Countries fail to agree on a target to cut plastic pollution and ban harmful chemicals as summit delayed to next year
Environmental activists hold a protest on Saturday, November 23, 2024, to demand a stronger treaty against plastic pollution before the 5th session of the International Negotiating Commission on ...
As of May 2024, 12 states in the United States (California, Colorado, Connecticut, Delaware, Hawaii, Maine, New Jersey, New York, Oregon, Rhode Island, Vermont and Washington) have banned single-use plastic bags. [6] In Nigeria, reports shows that over 60 million plastic sachets are used and disposed daily, [1] and only about 12% is recycled ...
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The United States, one of the world's biggest plastic makers, will support a global treaty calling for a reduction in how much new plastic is produced each year in a major ...
The Scientists' Coalition for an Effective Plastics Treaty is a network of international, independent scientific and technical experts on plastic pollution. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] They aim to provide scientific information to countries involved in the negotiations towards a global agreement to end plastic pollution . [ 1 ]
Following UNEA-5.2, The mandate specifies that the INC must begin its work by the end of 2022 with the goal of "completing a draft global legally binding agreement by the end of 2024." [ 4 ] Work towards the treaty began with the meeting of an ad hoc open-ended working group in Dakar, Senegal from May 30 through June 1, 2022. [ 5 ]