THE ambitious deadline set by the world's nations in 2022 to establish a meaningful and legally binding Global Plastics Treaty by the end of 2024 is fast approaching. The fifth, and supposedly final, session of the Intergovernmental Negotiating Committee (INC-5) kicks off in Busan, South Korea, on November 25.
THE ambitious deadline set by the world's nations in 2022 to establish a meaningful and legally binding Global Plastics Treaty by the end of 2024 is fast approaching. The fifth, and supposedly final, session of the Intergovernmental Negotiating Committee kicks off in Busan, South Korea, on November 25. To civil society groups that have been working hard for a strong treaty, extending negotiations beyond INC-5 is preferable to having a watered-down agreement now.
criticizes the study for not considering the emissions from the entire lifecycle of plastics, beginning with the extraction of raw materials. also strongly disagrees with the deliberate exclusion of waste exports from the study. The authors claim that these exports have 'substantially decreased' since 2017, and therefore, the overall impact of waste exports on plastic pollution is minimal.The main point of the study is that by investing in waste incineration and other waste management and disposal systems in the Global South, we solve the plastic pollution problem.
Plastics Treaty Must Include Plastic Production Cuts
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