The First Legally Binding Plastic Treaty in History!
Representatives from 175 countries participated in the three-day UNEA 5.2 meeting to be held in Nairobi, the capital of Kenya, at the end of February 2022. They had discussions on various environmental issues and passed up to fourteen resolutions. To mitigate the long-term impact caused by plastic on the Earth, one of these resolutions was to formulate the first formal and legally binding "Global Plastic Treaty" in history on March 2, 2022. It is expected to complete the formulation of the convention in 2024 to implement this global plastic control.
As the most significant international pact after the "Paris Agreement," the "Global Plastic Treaty" demands that countries and global companies lower plastic usage and stop using disposable plastic products. Furthermore, it also proposes that it is necessary to establish a standard for the entire life cycle of plastic products. According to the statics, people produce 400 million kilograms of plastic trash annually, and with no improvement, the number will become 1.1 billion in 2050! Therefore, the resolution made at this moment is undoubtedly a significant breakthrough for the plastic reduction movement and the necessary legal measure to require all countries to fight the plastic crisis jointly.