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      Large amounts of trash and plastic refuse collect in Ballona Creek after first major rain storm, Culver City, California

      We Must Not Allow Industry Lobbyists to Destroy Global Plastics Treaty

      The voices for real solutions to the single-use pollution crisis are being drowned out by the plastic industry’s overwhelming influence and power.

      Alejandra Warren
      Jun 01, 2023

      As I prepare to join the next round of United Nations Environment Program (UNEP) negotiations for a Global Plastics Treaty in Paris, one thing weighs heavily on my mind: It appears that powerful industry lobbyists and their allies are successfully gaslighting the Intergovernmental Negotiating Committee (INC) process by convincing UNEP to promote their false solutions.

      UNEP is an organization entrusted to seek real solutions to one of humanity’s greatest environmental challenges, yet it is now advocating for industry profits over people and the environment.

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      Celebrities Join Greenpeace in Demanding Biden Go Big on Global Plastics Treaty

      "Will you be the president who helped put an end to the plastic pollution crisis, or someone who let it spiral further out of control?"

      Brett Wilkins
      May 18, 2023

      Actors known for their environmental advocacy—including Jane Fonda, Jason Momoa, Joaquin Phoenix, Susan Sarandon, and Laura Dern—joined Greenpeace USA on Thursday in an open letter to U.S. President Joe Biden urging his administration to "protect the planet from plastic pollution" and slash carbon emissions "by supporting a strong global plastics treaty."

      "We appreciate your leadership in securing a global oceans treaty that creates a path to protecting 30% of our oceans by 2030," the letter's signers told Biden. "Winning the treaty was truly a historic moment, one of the greatest environmental achievements in history."

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      A man paddles on a boat as plastic bags float on the surface of the Buriganga River in Dhaka, Bangladesh on January 21, 2020.

      UN Provides Blueprint for 80% Cut to Global Plastic Pollution by 2040

      "If we follow this roadmap, including in negotiations on the plastic pollution deal, we can deliver major economic, social, and environmental wins," said the director of the U.N. Environment Program.

      Kenny Stancil
      May 16, 2023

      Global plastic pollution can be reduced by 80% by 2040 if countries and companies make far-reaching changes using existing technologies, according to a report published Tuesday by the United Nations Environment Program.

      Turning Off the Tap: How the World Can End Plastic Pollution and Create a Circular Economy comes less than two weeks before the start of a second round of negotiations in Paris on a legally binding global plastics treaty. While the required shifts outlined in the report are significant, UNEP stresses that they are practical, relatively inexpensive, and would yield benefits valued at more than $4.5 trillion.

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