Global Plastics Treaty: Initial Considerations for INC-2
In this briefing we provide some key considerations for negotiators going into INC-2 and reflections on the Options for Elements paper.
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Cultivating Plastic Part 4: Caution with regards to the adoption of potential agriplastic alternatives
As awareness of the issues brought about by agriplastic use are growing, so too is the search for alternative products or methods.
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Cultivating Plastic Part 3: Agriplastic waste mismanagement and criminality
British farms produce 135,500 tonnes of soil-contaminated agricultural plastic waste each year – roughly equivalent in weight to 900 adult blue whales.
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Cultivating Plastic Part 2: Environmental and human health harm caused by agriplastics
Agriplastics are used widely in agriculture to grow and store produce, but are also responsible for widespread pollution, from their manufacture and use to mismanagement at the end of their useful life.
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Cultivating Plastic Part 1: Agriplastics and the UK grocery retail supply chain
The use of plastics in agriculture (commonly known as ‘agriplastics’) only accounts for 3.5 per cent of annual global plastic usage. However, their design, use and the pollution they cause are devastating and extend far beyond farmland.
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Hidden Harm: Exposing the methane emissions associated with EU’s fossil fuel imports
Methane emissions are a threat to global climate and human health. Atmospheric methane concentrations are at their highest ever, having risen by almost 10 per cent in the past 20 years.