Call for global treaty to end production of ‘virgin’ plastic by 2040

Sandra Laville, The Guardian Plastics & Pollution

Call for global treaty to end production of ‘virgin’ plastic by 2040
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A binding global treaty is needed to phase out the production of “virgin” or new plastic by 2040, scientists have said.

The solution to the blight of plastic pollution in the oceans and on land would be a worldwide agreement on limits and controls, they say in a special report in the journal Science.

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