Thousands of chemicals are used in plastics, many of them harmful to our health.

To protect people & the planet, we must address this problem.

An ambitious global plastics treaty is our best bet to #BeatPlasticPollution .

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Every day, the equivalent of over 2,000 garbage trucks full of plastic is dumped into our oceans, rivers & lakes.

This #WorldEnvironmentDay is a call to #BeatPlasticPollution .

We must work as one to break our addiction to plastic, champion zero waste & build a circular economy.

Plastic pollution is more than just a waste management issue.

It is a climate issue.

It is a nature issue.

It is a health issue.

To protect people and the planet, we must #BeatPlasticPollution .

Now is the time to find common solutions to common challenges.

We must cooperate.

We must adapt multilateral institutions & foster trust where it is most needed.

The urgency of global challenges demands bold & swift action.

Every minute the equivalent of 1 garbage truck of plastic is dumped into the ocean.

To #BeatPlasticPollution & mitigate its impacts, we must reduce the production of plastic.

Change starts with each of us.

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The second round of #PlasticsINC negotiations to develop an international legally binding instrument to #BeatPlasticPollution will take place from 29 May to 2 June in Paris, France.

Register now. bit.ly/3xJvVLo

As we begin negotiations towards a global agreement to #BeatPlasticPollution , I was pleased to visit @mrgreenafrica here in Nairobi, with INC Chair Gustavo Meza-Cuadra. Inspiring to see examples of how companies are innovating in plastic recycling, waste collection & trade.

Plastics are fossil fuels in another form & pose a serious threat to human rights, the climate & biodiversity.

As negotiations towards an agreement to #BeatPlasticPollution continue, I call on countries to look beyond waste and turn off the tap on plastic.

The #INC process promises to be the most important environmental negotiating process in recent years with a view to curbing the advance of plastic pollution, a central cause of the triple planetary crisis #plasticpollution

Peru aspires to an ambitious and cross-cutting treaty, which seeks to prevent and reduce plastic and microplastic pollution in the environment, through a circular economy that addresses the entire life cycle of plastics #INC1

Peru, through former Foreign Minister @gustavomezacua1, was elected today as Chair of the Intergovernmental Negotiating Committee that will draft an international treaty to end plastic pollution. #INC1 #PlasticsTreaty #plasticpollution

At #INC1 towards a #PlasticsTreaty , delegates elect by acclamation, Gustavo Meza-Cuadra, Peru 🇵🇪, as Chair of the first part of the INC process.
INC Chair Meza-Cuadra notes that 'today, we begin negotiating the most important treaty of our age.'
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@ContaminaciónPlástica en lagos. “Microplastic pollution threats the world's coastal lagoons: Protected, but also polluted coastal lagoons” sciencedaily.com/releases/2022/…

¿Cómo conservaría el medio ambiente el tratado de plásticos? Emb. Gustavo Meza-Cuadra @gustavomezacua1, miembro del Bureau del proceso para elaborar tratado para acabar con la contaminación plástica aborda el tema mañana 5 nov a las 10:45am (hora Lima) 👉 tinyurl.com/5ekf2477

Concluyó exitosamente la participación del Emb. Gustavo Meza-Cuadra, en una serie de eventos relacionados con la contaminación plástica, en el marco del debate general de la 77ª Asamblea General de la Naciones Unidas, en Nueva York.