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I’m delighted to announce that my provocative piece on the impact of #plasticpollution on the #tropics is the first published article in Journal of Tropical Futures published by @SAGEPublishers
journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/27…
#plasticfree #plastic #plasticwaste #plastictreaty
journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/27…
#plasticfree #plastic #plasticwaste #plastictreaty
Unsustainable #plastic production, use and mismanagement have resulted in increased #plasticpollution in the environment threatening #sustainability, especially in the #tropics.
#sustainabledevelopment #sustainabilitymatters #singleuseplastic
#sustainabledevelopment #sustainabilitymatters #singleuseplastic
Countries in the #tropics have been disproportionally impacted by #plasticpollution due to imports of #plasticwaste from developed countries, or because tropical Small Island Developing States have become overwhelmed by #singleuseplastics used widely in the tourism sector.
I’ve just arrived in Nairobi, Kenya to report on UN negotiations for a treaty to tackle the environmental scourge of single-use plastics. To illustrate the problem at hand, I collected all the throwaway plastic I used on my flight here. A thread 1/9
After I boarded my 8hr flight from London, I first received blankets and headphones all wrapped in plastic bags. 2/9
Then came dinner: food in plastic containers covered in plastic film, plastic cutlery in plastic packaging and drinks in plastic bottles served in disposable plastic cups. 3/9
UN members meet this week to debate the first ever plastic treaty. Our global single-use system, nurtured for decades by Exxon, Dow, Coke, Pepsi et al, is choking the planet. The public wants structural change. Here's why that might not happen @UNEP reuters.com/business/envir…
Big energy companies that make the world's plastic, including oil giants like Exxon and Shell, are relying on ever more single-use packaging being sold for future profits. They are having a big hand in treaty negotiations. See our story @UNEP reuters.com/business/susta…
Some of the world's most powerful countries, including the United States, China and Japan, are also the biggest plastic polluters and home to the largest petrochemical industries. Systemic change is not in their political short-term interests. What's the alternative? @UNEP
