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Update on the EASAC Plastics Report: Towards a Plastics Treaty
Summary
This commentary updates the European Academies Science Advisory Council 2020 plastics report by linking its scientific conclusions to the UN Plastics Treaty Zero Draft negotiations, highlighting key scientific considerations member states should incorporate into a binding international agreement on plastics pollution.
This commentary updates EASAC’s 2020 report on ‘Packaging Plastics in the Circular Economy’ and links its scientific conclusions to the current negotiations by UN Member States for an international agreement on plastics pollution (the Plastics Treaty). The commentary’s main points about the Treaty’s Zero Draft are as follows.
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