Thousands of negotiators and observers representing most of the world’s nations are gathering in the Canadian city of Ottawa this week to craft a treaty to stop the rapidly escalating problem of plastic pollution.
Each day, the equivalent of 2,000 garbage trucks full of plastic are dumped into the world’s oceans, rivers and lakes, according to the United Nations Environment Programme . People are increasingly breathing, eating and drinking tiny plastic particles.
It’s a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to fix something everyone knows needs to be fixed because plastic in the environment is not natural, said Inger Andersen, UNEP’s executive director. Plastic production continues to ramp up globally and is projected to double or triple by 2050 if nothing changes. Most plastic is made from fossil fuels. Negotiators at the United Nations climate talks known as the 28th Conference of Parties agreed last December the world must transition away from planet-warming fossil fuels and triple the use of renewable energy.
“Production is at the center of everything, it’s the reason why this is moving slow. And it’s going to get supercharged,” he said. “It’s not about oceans. It’s more about oil.”
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