UN Hopes to Reduce Ocean Plastic Waste Within Five Years
Tiffany Duong, EcoWatch Plastics & Pollution
In 2019, 187 nations within the United Nations amended the 1989 Basel Convention, which governs trade in hazardous materials, to include plastic waste. The historic treaty created a legally binding framework to make global trade in plastic waste more transparent and better regulated, the UN Environment Program (UNEP) said in a press release.
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