Karmactive Team

Plastic Treaty Blocked: Microplastics Surge, Output Soars by 2040

Plastics are one of the biggest contributors in today’s pollution, greatly responsible for ruining the globe’s health, and it is present in almost everything these days.

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To address this issue of plastic pollution, the United Nations organized the Intergovernmental Negotiating Committee (INC) and this organization sat for negotiations this year in Busan, South Korea.

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More than hundred countries attended the Busan talks, but it was up to no avail, as they failed to reach a treaty acceptable to all.

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Plastic production has been on steady increment since the last century and it has only ever progressed, and so has plastic waste. In the last 15 years plastic production has increased manifold.

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Authorities, delegates and representatives in this UNEP session have urged to accelerate the negotiations claiming that it is high time a solid treaty to serve the purposes be drafted.

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The main obstacle in this treaty drafting comes from the major oil producing countries like Russia, Saudi Arabia and so on, whose economy will be affected if plastic production is curbed.

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The presence of plastic in almost everything these days including placenta, breast milk and so on is extremely concerning, for children are born contaminated with plastic.

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Given there are so many countries participating in the talks with plastic lobbyists from powerful nations, it would certainly be difficult to reach a solid point of agreement, but silence from big powers like China and America is causing further issues.

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Anti-whaling activist Paul Watson, who was arrested in July at Greenland is to remain detained till December 18, 2024, however he has gathered numerous followers and defenders.

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