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2. Divisions on curbing plastic waste persist as UN treaty talks ...

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   Inger Andersen, executive director of the U.N. Environment Programme, on Monday urged delegates divided over curbing plastic products and chemicals and a financing mechanism to deal with plastic ...

3. Global plastic pollution treaty - Wikipedia

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   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 ]

4. Plastic bag ban - Wikipedia

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   A law was introduced in 2006 (law 578/2006) – and was later modified in 2011 (law 1032/2011) – that put a mandatory tax on non-biodegradable plastic bags. A modification in 2011 reduced the tax on plastic bags and was regarded by some as a step backwards from environmental protection. [333] Lightweight plastic bags were banned on 1 January ...

5. UN Framework Convention on International Tax Cooperation

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   Addressing international tax cooperation at the UN would contribute to other UN competencies, in particular with regard to the Sustainable Development Goals . [ 1 ] [ 2 ] Under Resolution 78/230 of 22 December 2023, the General Assembly established an Ad Hoc Committee to draft the terms of reference for a UN Framework Convention on ...

6. Governor signs California plastic bag bill into law

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   On Sunday, Gov. Gavin Newsom signed a bill into law that will close a legal loophole that has allowed for an increase in California's plastic bag waste, despite a 2014 law that was designed to ban ...

7. Plastic bag bans in the United States - Wikipedia

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   There is no national plastic bag fee or ban currently in effect in the United States.However, the states of California, [1] Colorado, [2] Connecticut, [3] Delaware, [4] Hawaii (de facto), Maine, New Jersey, [5] New York, [6] Oregon, [7] Rhode Island, Vermont [8] and Washington [9] and the territories of American Samoa, Guam, Northern Mariana Islands, United States Virgin Islands and Puerto ...