Countries want to limit plastic production but industry players favour recycling. Read more at straitstimes.com.
debate was emerging between countries wanting to limit the production of more plastics and the petrochemical industry favouring recycling as the solution to plastic waste.
Some environmental groups criticised the report for focusing on waste management, which they saw as a concession to the global plastics and petrochemicals industry. Unep executive director Inger Andersen told Reuters that the criticism of recycling being in the report ignored the report’s broader recommendations for overhauling packaging.
Countries also have yet to resolve key issues including methods for financing policies as well as how policies would be implemented and reported on.This week, dozens of countries were listing public health as one of their priority concerns in limiting plastics production and waste. The Unep report also identified 13,000 chemicals associated with plastic production, more than 3,000 of which were considered hazardous.
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