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OTTAWA - A global treaty to end plastic waste can be ambitious and successful without firm caps on plastic production, which are hard to design and harder to get agreement on, Canada's environment minister said Friday.
A global treaty to end plastic waste can be ambitious and successful without firm caps on plastic production, which are hard to design and harder to get agreement on, Canada's environment minister said Friday.
The fourth session of the Intergovernmental Negotiating Committee (INC-4) for the development of a binding international agreement on plastic pollution, including in marine environments, has commenced today in Ottawa, Canada's capital.
Globally, it is estimated by the International Union for Conservation of Nature that, out of the over 40 million tonnes of plastic waste generated annually, 80% goes into the sea thereby, threatening the existence of aquatic life.