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This new finding adds even more urgency to what was supposed to be the final round of negotiations for a Global Plastics Treaty, which wrapped this past weekend some 7,456 miles away from this ...
Deja el Plastico (Ditch the Plastic) is aimed at reducing plastic pollution in California; its efforts helped lead to the passage of the state’s ban on single-use plastic bags in 2016.
Recognizing the scale of both the challenge and economic opportunity, in March 2022 governments adopted a historic resolution to develop an international treaty that addresses the full life cycle ...
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 ]
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 ...
He said that over the 1,000 days since INC-5's mission to hammer out a treaty was established, "more than 800 million tonnes (882 million tons) of plastic has been produced, over 30 million tonnes ...
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 ]
Negotiators are meeting in Busan, South Korea, for talks to agree a global plastic pollution treaty.