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Canadian Indigenous delegates say oil and gas representatives are part of negotiations for the international, legally binding plastics treaty though First Nations communities are often the most affected by pollution
The Coca-Cola Company tops the list as the number one polluter, and is responsible for 11 per cent of all branded waste, according to researchers from Dalhousie University.
The Bengaluru Residents Welfare Association (RWA), as part of the 2024-25 BBMP budget recommendations, suggested budget allocation for constituting Flying Squads to tackle SUP at the source and enforce regulations at markets, transport checkpoints, and factories when reported by whistleblowers.
Thousands of negotiators and observers representing most of the world’s nations are gathering in the Canadian city of Ottawa this week to craft a treaty to stop the rapidly escalating problem of plastic pollution. Each day, the equivalent of 2,000 garbage trucks full of plastic are dumped into the world’s oceans, rivers and lakes, according to the United Nations Environment Programme. People are increasingly breathing, eating and drinking tiny plastic particles.
Delegates from 174 countries are in Ottawa this week for the fourth session of the Intergovernmental Negotiating Committee on Plastic Pollution