{"id":8944,"date":"2025-04-11T10:37:00","date_gmt":"2025-04-11T03:37:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/globalcompact-th.com\/articles\/plastic-pollution-green-light-for-historic-treaty-by-helen-briggs-environment-correspondent\/"},"modified":"2025-11-06T21:47:41","modified_gmt":"2025-11-06T14:47:41","slug":"plastic-pollution-green-light-for-historic-treaty-by-helen-briggs-environment-correspondent","status":"publish","type":"articles","link":"https:\/\/globalcompact-th.com\/en\/articles\/plastic-pollution-green-light-for-historic-treaty-by-helen-briggs-environment-correspondent\/","title":{"rendered":"Plastic pollution: Green light for ‘historic’ treaty By Helen Briggs Environment correspondent"},"content":{"rendered":"
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An international committee will look at options for reducing plastic pollution<\/div>\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n
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The world is set to get a global treaty to tackle plastic pollution.<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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Nearly 200 countries have agreed to start negotiations on an international agreement to take action on the “plastic crisis”.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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UN members are tasked with developing an over-arching framework for reducing plastic waste across the world.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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There is growing concern that discarded plastic is destroying habitats, harming wildlife and contaminating the food chain.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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Supporters describe the move as one of the world’s most ambitious environmental actions since the 1989 Montreal Protocol, which phased out ozone-depleting substances.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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