International brands such as Coca Cola, PepsiCo, Unilever and Nestlé called on Monday for a global pact to combat plastic pollution that includes cuts in the production of this material, a key area for the oil industry, Fox Business published.
According to information at the end of 2022, world officials and large companies will meet at a conference of the United Nations Environment Assembly Environment (UNEA 5.2), to address the problem of plastic waste that is suffocating landfills, plundering the oceans and killing wildlife.
With the information provided so far, it is not known if the agreement will focus on waste management and recycling or take tougher measures, such as curbing the production of new plastic, a move that could face resistance from oil and chemical giants in major plastic-producing countries like the United States.
The joint declaration presented this Monday includes more than 70 consumer goods companies with an international presence, which sell a wide variety of products in single-use plastic, from shampoo to chocolate bars, as well as the retailer Walmart and the French bank BNP Paribas.
“We are at a critical moment to establish an ambitious UN treaty” , the statement said, noting that any deal should “reduce the production and use of virgin plastic.” “UNEA 5.2 is the defining and most auspicious moment to turn the tide on the global plastic pollution crisis. We cannot afford to lose it”, the letter points out.
In the declaration prior to the UNEA, it is pointed out that the problem of plastic pollution is of a cross-border nature and generates significant negative impacts on our environment, society and economy.
A holistic and coordinated international response is urgently needed to address problems at their source to stop leakage of plastic into nature.
The document describes the need to implement a circular economy for plastics that contributes to efforts to address climate change and biodiversity loss, at the same time that will generate positive social and economic impacts.
The declaration Includes broad and open policies, with the aim of keeping plastics in the economy and out of the environment, reducing the production and use of virgin plastics and delink the production of plastics from c consumption of fossil resources.
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