EIA expert paper makes the case for the sustainable production and use of polluting plastics
The global plastics pollution cannot be properly tackled without controlling plastic production.
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The global plastics pollution cannot be properly tackled without controlling plastic production.
The dumping of plastics in the Pacific Islands is a form of waste colonisation, driving disproportionate plastics pollution and threatening health and livelihoods.
Billions of tonnes of plastics have been produced by human beings and it can be found polluting every corner of the planet, from the highest mountains to the deepest seas. New research has just revealed that it’s also present in human blood
The United Nations Environment Assembly (UNEA) today agreed one of the most significant policies ever to protect the world from the plague of plastic pollution
EIA is proud to have set the ball rolling towards a global plastics treaty and we’re currently on the ground in Nairobi to press a key UN meeting to make it ambitious
Today we launch a ‘Scientists’ Declaration’, backed by 183 scientists and 37 research institutions, with a warning to political leaders that a global plastics treaty must be based on hard scientific evidence if it is to meaningfully tackle the planetary crisis