1950 1970 1990 2010 2036
786 million metric tonnes
Global annual production of plastic*NO TIME TO WASTE
Weneeda legallybindingUNtreatytosetupglobalrules
andregulationstocreatea circulareconomyforplastics.
A treatythatwillacceleratesolutionstodesignoutwaste
beforeit iscreatedandwillkeepmaterialsthatweneed
intheeconomyandoutofnature.Governmentsmusttakeambitiousactionatthe
UNEnvironmentAssemblynextweek.The plastics crisis emerged in our
lifetime, but we have the power to fix it.
#AllEyesOnUNEA
unplasticstreaty.org
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