Global treaty should address impact of plastics from their inception, urges study

Treaty negotiations should incorporate measures on primary polymer production, plastic as a commodity and the moment it enters the environment as a pollutant, say campaigners

As negotiations resume on a global plastics treaty, the non-profit Environmental Investigation Agency is calling for measures to address “head-on” the production of polymers. A core component of plastics, polymers can be more or less toxic, and can make it easier or more difficult to recycle a product at the end of its life.