PARIS: Only a bold and ambitious UN treaty with sweeping reforms of the entire plastic life cycle can stem the world's waste crisis, experts said Monday (Feb 27). Even if measures thought to have the greatest potential for reducing plastic consumption are implemented, they would still fail to prevent a sub
The report modelled the three policy approaches - all under discussion at the UN talks - covering the entire life cycle of plastic, from production to disposal.
And even a substantial tax on"virgin" plastic resin, the raw material for making plastics, would only shave 10 per cent off the baseline projection out to 2050. "Industry has been very clear in saying they do not think taxes are productive," said Parker. Manufacturers are even less enthusiastic about production cuts.
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