To stop plastic pollution, stop producing it

At the 2023 Global Plastics Treaty negotiation session in Nairobi, the fossil fuel and chemical industry’s lobbyists outnumbering the combined delegates from 70 of the smallest nations. The UN must disclose the number and nature of the industry lobbyists in Ottawa, and establish a conflict-of-interest policy.

This is a historic opportunity for the Global Plastics Treaty to reduce plastic pollution by addressing everything from fossil fuel extraction to disposal, write Nicky Davies and Ame Trandem.Image courtesy of Pixabay

Opinion

BY NICKY DAVIES AND AME TRANDEM

April 22, 2024

As negotiators from across the globe descend upon Ottawa to negotiate the Global Plastics Treaty this week, the political currents are clear. People from the global north to the global south see the pollution from single-use plastic that ends up in our landfills, our waterwa...

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