Monday, 25 November 2024

We're All Plastic Now!

Microplastics are another threat to human health, biodiversity and climate change. They've been found in every placental tissue tested, as well as human arteries, testes and semen samples. They're literally, everywhere! Plastics are, of course, oil derivatives and their production is a $712bn per annum industry. It's, consequently, predictable that, attempting to get a UN global treaty to end plastics waste, is meeting fierce opposition (https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2024/nov/24/world-unable-cope-10-years-talks-un-global-treaty-to-end-plastic-waste). Trouble agreeing this treaty, is yet another example of an environmental challenge being resisted by vested fossil fuel interests. A workable treaty is urgently needed on plastics. Countries must now curb its production as well as tackling plastic's full life-cycle. Otherwise, it's predicted, the world will be unable to cope with the shear volume in as little as 10 years.
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