Companies back call for international treaty on plastic pollution
Clothing groups H&M and Inditex are among 70 companies that have called for a legal-biding treaty on plastic pollution.
This year, national governments will gather for the resumed session of the UN Environment Assembly, which NGO Ellen MacArthur Foundation describes as a unique opportunity to take substantial decisions on plastic pollution.
This requires governments to align on regulatory measures that cover the whole life cycle of plastics, not limiting the scope of negotiations to address waste management challenges, it added.
The Ellen MacArthur-coordinated statement urges UN Member States to establish an Intergovernmental Negotiating Committee to develop an ambitious international, legally binding instrument on plastic pollution that:
