Living on Earth: Global Treaty

Living on Earth: Global Treaty

Living on Earth: Global Treaty

Source: https://www.loe.org/shows/segments.html?programID=22-P13-00008&segmentID=1

The United Nations is drafting an international treaty to deal with the millions of tons of plastic that are choking the oceans and marine life. The United Nations Environment Assembly is meeting in Nairobi Kenya Feb. 28th - Mar. 2nd to begin drafting a treaty to deal with the millions of tons of plastics that are choking the oceans and marine life and to start framing out how such a treaty might work. Fifty-four nations led by Peru and Rwanda and including the EU are calling for a legally binding agreement that would address the full life cycle of plastic.