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    UN Environment Assembly to discuss first global treaty to tackle plastic pollution?

    • Last Update: 2022-05-02
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    [ Hot Focus on Chemical Machinery and Equipment Network ] New news revealed that the United Nations Environment Conference will discuss the formulation of the first global treaty to deal with plastic pollution, and the topic has attracted great attention from the world
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    The United Nations Environment Assembly will be held from February 28 to March 2, 2022, and new information has revealed that countries will discuss the development of the first global treaty to tackle plastic pollution
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    Plastic pollution is currently more of a threat to environmental safety and health risks brought by single-use plastic products
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    To briefly summarize, the disposal of solid waste caused by plastic pollution, the soil pollution, surface water pollution and groundwater pollution caused by illegal disposal and landfill, the air pollution caused by illegal incineration, and the resulting marine micro-organisms.
    Plastic pollution and marine ecological chain problems will seriously affect the seafood food chain
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    plastic products
    Therefore, in recent years, the topic of plastic pollution has attracted great attention
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    More than 100 countries at the United Nations Environment Assembly are about to discuss the world's first treaty to tackle plastic pollution, which is obviously exciting news
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    It is reported that 161 countries and some brands have clearly expressed their support for the plastic pollution treaty, including material suppliers, retailers, waste management companies and financial institutions, and they have even signed a legally binding United Nations Commercial statement of the plastic pollution treaty, calling for a legally binding international instrument
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    Berry, Borealis, Mondi, Procter & Gamble, Coca-Cola, TOMRA, Nestle, IKEA, Mondelez, Walmart, Borealis, etc.
    are all signatories, ExxonMobil (XOM.
    N), Royal Dutch Shell Plc) and Dow Chemical Company (DOW.
    N) have also publicly expressed their support, and it seems that there is a good start
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      In addition, a poll just released by IPSOS has also provided considerable assistance for the advent of this treaty
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      About three-quarters of people want to ban single-use plastics as soon as possible, the survey showed, with a sample of tens of thousands of people in 28 countries
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    It is reported that nearly 90% of the respondents support signing such an agreement, and more than 80% of the respondents also hope that manufacturers and retailers can take active actions to reduce the production and sales of single-use plastics from the source, and join recycling the queue
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      Two points worth paying more attention to are: ①The support for the ban on single-use plastics in developing countries is more significant.
    ②In the past three to five years, people's thinking on single-use plastics has undergone a significant change, and the most direct manifestation is that the proportion of support for the ban is on the rise.

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      "People around the world have voiced their views" - WWF Global Director General
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    For the formulation of a global treaty to deal with plastic pollution, it can be seen that the people's will
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      Before the arrival of the United Nations Environment Assembly, there were already 3 relevant resolutions: ① "Open Authorization", which proposed a "full life cycle" approach to plastics, proposed by Rwanda and Peru, and won the support of 50 countries; ② "Marine plastic pollution" ”, focusing on the management of plastic waste, proposed by Japan, supported by Antigua and Barbuda, Cambodia, Palau and Sri Lanka; ③ “Resolution on Single-Use Plastic Replacement”, proposed by India, but more focused on “voluntary "principle
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      Remember, the United Nations put forward the idea of ​​a global response to plastic pollution at the Third Environment Assembly in 2017
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    In 2019, the NGO SoulBuffalo hosted a Ocean Plastic Summit on a boat in the Atlantic Garbage Patch
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    In 2020, 30 global businesses signed a declaration "Business Calls for a UN Treaty on Plastic Pollution"
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      "The world is waiting for a 'Paris Agreement' to tackle plastic pollution", so will the upcoming UN Environment Assembly bring surprise news? Environmentally Friendly Online will still be watching for you
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      Original title: The United Nations Environment Assembly will discuss the first global treaty to tackle plastic pollution? Brand and public "solidarity" is here!
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