Negotiations on Global Treaty , to End Plastic Pollution , Reach Critical Phase .<br />'The Independent' reports that negotiators from around <br />the world have met to discuss what could become <br />a global treaty meant to end plastic pollution. .<br />The Intergovernmental Negotiating Committee on <br />Plastic Pollution has begun agreeing on treaty language <br />at their fourth of five scheduled plastics summits.<br />The most ambitious and contentious<br />idea revolves around limiting how much <br />plastic can be manufactured globally.<br />As most plastics are made from fossil fuels <br />and chemicals, oil and gas exporters <br />have strongly objected to the limitations, along <br />with plastic-producing countries and companies.<br />According to Stewart Harris, an industry spokesperson <br />with the International Council of Chemical Associations, <br />the treaty also focuses on recycling and reuse. .<br />We want to see the treaty <br />completed. We want to work <br />with the governments on <br />implementing it. The private <br />sector has a role to play, Stewart Harris, an industry spokesperson <br />with the International Council of Chemical <br />Associations, via 'The Independent'.<br />'The Independent' reports that the Scientists’ <br />Coalition for an Effective Plastics Treaty provided <br />scientific evidence on plastic pollution at <br />the negotiations.<br />I heard yesterday that there’s <br />no data on microplastics, <br />which is verifiably false: <br />21,000 publications on micro and <br />nanoplastics have been published, Bethanie Carney Almroth, an ecotoxicology professor at Sweden's University of Gothenburg who co-leads the coalition, via 'The Independent'.<br />Ecuador's chief negotiator, Walter Schuldt stressed that <br />countries present at the negotiation share a common <br />vision of moving forward in the treaty process.<br />Because at the end of the day, <br />we’re talking about the survival <br />of the future of life, not only <br />of human life but all sorts <br />of life on this planet, Walter Schuldt, Ecuador's chief <br />negotiator, via 'The Independent'
