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We need a global treaty to solve plastic pollution – acid rain and ozone depletion show us why

  • Written by: Deborah Lau, Ending Plastic Waste Mission Director, CSIRO
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After years of discussion, international negotiations on a global plastics treaty resume this week in Nairobi, Kenya, at the UN Environment Programme headquarters.

The third session of the UN Intergovernmental Negotiating Committee on Plastic Pollution will take place from today until Sunday November 19.

The committee’s...

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