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Governments agree landmark decisions to protect people and planet from hazardous chemicals and waste, including plastic waste
Charles Avis, Public Information Officer (UN Environment) Plastics & Pollution
Pollution from plastic waste, acknowledged as a major environmental problem of global concern, has reached epidemic proportions with an estimated 100 million tonnes of plastic now found in the oceans, 80-90% of which comes from land-based sources.
Governments this week amended the Basel Convention to include plastic waste in a legally-binding framework which will make global trade in plastic waste more transparent and better regulated, whilst also ensuring that its management is safer for human health and the environment.
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