The world demanded - and UNEP Resolution 5/14 mandated - a global instrument to end plastic pollution, including measures along the full life cycle of plastics. Can a treaty that avoids controls on plastic production, and instead focuses only on recycling and burning plastics, deliver? Is a recycling-first approach serious and effective, or deceptive framing

La communauté internationale a réclamé un instrument mondial pour mettre fin à la pollution par les plastique, équipé de mesures couvrant l’ensemble de leur cycle de vie - et la résolution 5/14 du PNUE a ordonné a ordonné sa mise en place. Un traité qui laisse le champ libre à la surproduction, et se focalise

El mundo exigió —y la Resolución 5/14 del PNUMA lo dispuso— un instrumento global para poner fin a la contaminación por plásticos, que incluyera medidas a lo largo de todo el ciclo de vida de los plásticos. ¿Puede cumplir con este objetivo un tratado que evita los controles sobre la producción de plástico y, en

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MOVEMENT FOR SOLUTIONS From the Global Plastics Treaty, to national policy and campaigns, to city solutions, GAIA members are united in a worldwide movement to end plastic pollution. For years, GAIA h...