The UN’s new plastics treaty is about to be finalised – marking a crucial opportunity to form an international agreement to tackle the plastic pollution crisis. Plastic waste is ubiquitous – damaging human health and livelihoods, as well as ecosystems in water and on land; yet plastic production is at an all-time high.
This week, the intergovernmental negotiating committee is meeting in Busan, Korea. The goal? To agree an international legally binding way to curb harmful plastic production and pollution, including in the marine environment.
