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    Global end to plastic pollution by 2024 with legally binding agreement

    • Last Update: 2022-05-01
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    At the United Nations Environment Assembly in Nairobi, Kenya, on March 2, representatives from 175 countries approved a historic resolution aimed at ending plastic pollution by 2024 and reaching a legally binding international agreement


    The resolution adopted at the meeting is titled "Ending Plastic Pollution: Developing an International Legally Binding Instrument"


    The resolution decided to create an intergovernmental negotiating committee, which will start work in 2022, with the goal of completing a draft legally binding global agreement by the end of 2024



    Key figures on the economics and environmental impact of plastics:

    348 million: Plastic production soared from 2 million tons per year in 1950 to 348 million tons in 2017, making it a $522.


    15%: Under the goal of limiting global warming to 1.


    800: More than 800 marine and coastal species are affected by plastic pollution due to ingestion, entanglement and other hazards


    11 million: About 11 million tons of plastic waste end up in the ocean every year


    55%: By 2040, a shift to a circular economy could reduce the amount of plastic discharged into the ocean by more than 80%; reduce virgin plastic production by 55%


    $70 billion: A shift to a circular economy could save governments $70 billion by 2040; reduce greenhouse gas emissions by 25 percent; and create 700,000 additional jobs


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