"Die Scientists Coalition for an Effective Plastics Treaty fordert ein wirksames Ziel für die Minderung der Produktion von Primärplastik. Erst wenn sie um >3% jährlich sänke, würde die Menge laut der Initiative von über 350 Wissenschaftlern tatsächlich abnehmen." #INC4#PlasticsTreaty https://t.co/SpYV7aJpzb
The next round of #PlasticsTreaty negotiations is just a week away! Get ready to understand what’s going on in Ottawa at #INC4 with negotiation insider Magnus Løvold on @plastisphere 🎧
❤️Important new analysis of UN member state submissions for actions in the #PlasticsTreaty by @lunduniversity & @uni_copenhagen.
💔A majority focuses on waste management rather than upstream actions. Unfortunately, this will not tackle the #Plastic Crisis.
✨ Podcast alert: The new @plastisphere episode is out! Magnus Løvold takes us on a journey through the global #PlasticsTreaty negotiations - with all you need for a good story: Hope, ambition, drama, bad faith, and magical diplomacy.
Reduced production of new #plastics would lead to higher prices, making the #recycling of plastics essential to civilisation economically viable. We need to reduce the circle & increase the circularity of the plastics we need by making them simpler and safer in a #PlasticsTreaty.
💡Must-read new review on current approaches using life cycle assessments (LCA), which largely fail to consider #plastics#EndOfLife, e.g. plastic particulate pollution, leading to risky policy-making, e.g. in the UN #PlasticsTreaty or EU context. #microplastic https://t.co/QjTbVkKnmO
Half time! Tonight the third round of negotiations towards a global #PlasticsTreaty wraps up at the @UNEP in Nairobi. Learn more about the debates in my playlist with a new short episode from Kenya, just released:
„#Geisternetze und andere Hinterlassenschaften der Fischerei machen bis zu 50 Prozent des Plastikmülls im Meer aus. Hier müssen wir gegensteuern. Ich freue mich, dass Deutschland Teil der Global Ghost Gear Initiative wird.“ Bundesumweltministerin Steffi Lemke #PlasticsTreaty 🌊 https://www.bmuv.de/ME10816
Recycling is often seen as a golden standard for minimizing #plasticpollution. But while #recycling definitely does play a role in the future, it should not be the first priority.
Kristian Syberg, an associate professor at Roskilde University in Denmark, tells us why in this second episode of the #PlasticsTreaty Shorts.
The production of new plastics is also a HUGE problem for the climate.
99% of plastic is made from fossil fuels and plastic production could DOUBLE within the next 10-15 years, and TRIPLE by 2050 if the industry has its way.