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Countries fail to agree on a target to cut plastic pollution and ban harmful chemicals as summit delayed to next year. ... The 10 best places to buy jewelry online in 2024. AOL.
BUSAN, South Korea (Reuters) -Countries negotiating a global treaty to curb plastic pollution failed to reach agreement on Monday with over 100 nations wanting to cap production while a handful of ...
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 ...
Country Plastic pollution (in 1000 tonnes per year) 1 China: 8820 2 Indonesia: ... In 2022, countries agreed to devise a global plastic pollution treaty by 2024.
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 ]
The United States supports having an article in the treaty that addresses supply, or plastic production, a senior member of the U.S. delegation told The Associated Press Saturday. Most plastic ends up as waste . Less than 10% of plastics are recycled. Most of the world’s plastic goes to landfills, pollutes the environment, or is burned. Sarah ...
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 ]
Many countries have taken various steps to curb plastic pollution, such as in the UK where “plastic bag taxes” have driven down carrier bag use, and have been followed by bans on single use ...