From ambition to action: we need a legally-binding treaty on plastic pollution

Every day we don’t solve the plastic pollution crisis, it gets worse. Millions of tonnes of plastic leak into the environment, end up in landfills or are burned because of our take-make-waste linear economy. This is harming nature, using up natural resources, and contributing to the climate and biodiversity crises, while billions of dollars worth of valuable materials are being lost to the economy.
Many companies have taken important voluntary steps, such as setting targets to reduce virgin plastic use and pilot reuse schemes, laying the foundations for wide-reaching cooperation, but they cannot reach the scale we need to urgently solve this crisis. Plastic pollution doesn’t care about borders. Countries and organisations can’t fix the problem on their own. It is a global challenge that needs a coordinated and globally aligned response.
We must urgently work towards seeing ambition become action. In this episode we look at how a legally-binding UN treaty on plastic pollution can help fix plastic pollution for good.
Speakers featured:

Eirik Lindebjerg: WWF,
Rolando Castro Cordoba, Costa Rica, MINAE

Видео From ambition to action: we need a legally-binding treaty on plastic pollution канала Ellen MacArthur Foundation