Source Feed: The Globe and Mail
Author: Mia Rabson
Publication Date: April 23, 2024 - 18:46
An ‘ambitious’ global plastic treaty demands limits on production, Guilbeault says
April 23, 2024
A global treaty to end plastic waste will not be ambitious enough if it does not include some limits on plastic production, Environment Minister Steven Guilbeault said Tuesday as the fourth round of negotiations kicked off in Ottawa.The scientific evidence shows that reducing the amount of plastic that’s produced is the only way to keep it out of the environment, not to mention what the world eats, drinks and breathes, environmental groups say.One of them, Greenpeace, wants the agreement to include a 75 per cent reduction in plastic production by 2040.
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