Campaigners want the focus to be on the plastic that gets made in the first place. Read more at straitstimes.com.
PARIS - Negotiations on a global treaty to combat plastic pollution will resume Monday, with nations under pressure to stem the tide of rubbish amid calls from campaigners to limit industry influence on the talks.
A global ban on single-use plastic items and “polluter pays” schemes are among the measures under discussion. Campaigners are pushing for the talks to go further and focus on cutting the amount of plastic that gets made in the first place. Millions of tonnes of plastic waste are dumped in the environment or improperly burned, polluting the air. Over time, it breaks down into tiny fragments that have been found everywhere from mountain tops and the deepest sea trenches, to inside human blood streams and placentas.called for systemic change to wean societies off throwaway consumerismIt said this would help slash annual plastic pollution 80 percent by 2040 overall and cut single-use plastic production by half.
Some developing nations are concerned about rules that might place too great a burden on their economies.The United States, for example, wants to limit the legal scope of the agreement, leaving signatories free to develop solutions in national plans, said a spokesperson from the French foreign office.
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