UN Begins Talks to Negotiate Global Plastic Pollution Agreement


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Plastic pollution is projected to triple by 2060, according to the UN Environment Programme (UNEP) UNEP-led talks follow a decision in 2022 by Member States to develop an international legally binding instrument to end the plastic pollution crisis.

Medical journal The Lancet published a warning that the materials used in plastics cause extensive disease "at every stage of the plastics life cycle"

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