Essential topics for achieving an ambitious agreement capable of addressing plastic pollution throughout its full lifecycle.
Category: Plastics Publications
Plastic pollution is a human rights issue across the full lifecycle of plastics.
Transparency of chemical content information is crucial and often overlooked aspect of sustainable development
The Chair clearly acknowledged that chemicals are a central political issue in the INC.
At the first meeting with observers in the ongoing negotiations for a global plastics treaty (INC), our Co-Director Olga Speranskaya delivered an intervention on behalf
Allowing SUP export shifts environmental and health burdens
Plastics policy is health policy
Once in the marine environment, nurdles perform a “double hazard” role
Transparency and traceability of chemicals in plastic products are in the draft treaty text
Comments focus on legally binding globally harmonized requirements on chemical information transparency and traceability in plastic products
A hazard-based approach is the only viable and most effective method for safeguarding health from toxic chemicals in plastics
The primary outcome of IINC 4 discussion was the decision to hold two intersessional meetings between now and INC5
The effectiveness of the future plastic treaty implementation depends on the availability of accurate information about what substances are present in plastic materials and products through the entire plastic lifecycle.