ტოქსიკური ნამცხვრის პატარა ნაჭერი

Plastics are chemicals, and of theover 16,000 chemicals linked to plastics, less than 1%are regulated worldwide throughout their full life cycles. Plastic chemicals have therefore been an important topic throughout the negotiations for a new პლასტმასიs Treaty, და the discussions have beencentered around a fulllife cycle approach.includingproduction, use, and disposal. 

Yet, the non-paper containing compromise text suggestions, proposed by the Chair of the negotiation process,suggests that პლასტმასი chemicals could effectivelybe regulated as “chemicals in პლასტმასი products” even though toxic პლასტმასი chemicals can be released during production, use, და disposal, not only during the product stage.  

This brief explains why narrowly focusing on the plastic product stage would fail to address the broader environmental and health impacts associated with plastics throughout their entire lifecycle. 

Read the full brief, below.