US and European Commission join Clean Seas movement

The United States and the European Commission have officially joined the Clean Seas moveme.

According to the Clean Seas Campaign launched by the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) in 2017, 80% of the plastic in the oceans comes from la.

The Clean Oceans movement is working towards ending marine litter and plastic pollution, throughout its life cycle from source to oce.

Besides the United States and the European Commission, other newcomers include Cape Verde, Portugal, Rwanda, Tanzania and Ugan.

The commitments made by these countries now cover more than 76 percent of the world's coastlin.

The Clean Seas movement is expanding its scope and entering a new strategic pha.

The Clean Seas Campaign will support the Intergovernmental Negotiating Committee (INC) process to form a legally binding agreement, and in collaboration with governments and the private sector, at the Sixth United Nations Environment Assembly (UNEA- 6) Take concerted action to end plastic pollution before conveni.

“We are pleased to welcome the United States and the European Commission as new members of Clean Se.

In the run-up to joining the Clean Seas movement, the.

EU Environment Commissioner Virginijus Sinkevičius said: “The EU and its member states are playing an active role in driving the success of the Global Plastics Agreeme.