Ecuadorian ambassador to the UK is hopeful impasse can be overcome at treaty negotiations in Ottawa
People take part in an anti-plastic demonstration in Ottawa, Canada, where negotiations are taking place over a future legally binding treaty to cut pollution.People take part in an anti-plastic demonstration in Ottawa, Canada, where negotiations are taking place over a future legally binding treaty to cut pollution.
“This is a negotiation, there are regions and countries with a specific position that we understand. We know plastic pollution is affecting the environment, we know it’s affecting human health because of the substances in plastics. In a historic agreement in March 2022 countries adopted a mandate opening negotiations for a global, legally binding treaty to address the whole life cycle of plastics.rather than scaling down production of plastic.
“We are going to face some challenges and we will face more, because we are talking about plastics that are a big part of the world’s economy. So there are challenges when you need to regulate pollution from those products.“But what is clear is we cannot manage the amount of plastic we are producing. Only 10% of it gets recycled, something needs to be done and that is why these negotiations are so important. We need to have the whole life cycle approach.
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