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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Carlos Mureithi and Jennifer McDermott

MYSTERIOUS: At talks on cutting plastics pollution plastics credits are on the table what are they | Mind Blowing Facts

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Two groups that want reduced plastics production published a report Friday highly critical of plastics credits, calling them a flawed tool that won't help with worldwide pollution from the material.

The groups — Break Free From Plastic and the Global Alliance for Incinerator Alternatives — said the credits often amount to corporate greenwashing. They issued their report in Nairobi on the sidelines of United Nations-led negotiations for a treaty aimed at cutting plastics pollution.

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