🌐Can the World Unite to End the Plastic Pollution Crisis?
Bloomberg reports that as the last negotiations for a global plastic treaty begin in South Korea, countries are divided over whether to cap production of the ubiquitous material.
📉 Plastic production will jump about 60% to 736 million tons a year by 2040, according to the OECD, dramatically increasing volumes as research shows how toxic the materials are as they accumulate in the natural environment and in human bodies.
📄A coalition of nearly 70 nations, including Rwanda, Norway and the UK, is pushing for a “high ambition” treaty to regulate dangerous chemicals and phase out the most polluting single-use plastic products, like cutlery.
❌But Saudi Arabia, Iran, Russia and some other petrostates — plastics are made from chemicals derived from fossil fuels — ardently disagree.
🧪Plastics are also responsible for about 4% of global greenhouse gas emissions, according to the UN. As plastic items break down, they become microplastics. These have now been found in human breast milk, brain tissue and blood. Research has linked a chemical used in some plastics, bisphenol F, to lower IQs in children.
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Bloomberg reports that as the last negotiations for a global plastic treaty begin in South Korea, countries are divided over whether to cap production of the ubiquitous material.
📉 Plastic production will jump about 60% to 736 million tons a year by 2040, according to the OECD, dramatically increasing volumes as research shows how toxic the materials are as they accumulate in the natural environment and in human bodies.
📄A coalition of nearly 70 nations, including Rwanda, Norway and the UK, is pushing for a “high ambition” treaty to regulate dangerous chemicals and phase out the most polluting single-use plastic products, like cutlery.
❌But Saudi Arabia, Iran, Russia and some other petrostates — plastics are made from chemicals derived from fossil fuels — ardently disagree.
🧪Plastics are also responsible for about 4% of global greenhouse gas emissions, according to the UN. As plastic items break down, they become microplastics. These have now been found in human breast milk, brain tissue and blood. Research has linked a chemical used in some plastics, bisphenol F, to lower IQs in children.
📎 The Climate Impact of Our Insatiable Plastic Addiction
📎 The World Promised to Tame Methane. Emissions Are Still Rising
Read full:
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en review.uz/en/30d
ru review.uz/30d
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© Экономическое обозрение
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© Economic Review
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