Plastics and plastic chemicals are increasingly produced and traded across the world. With increasingly complex toxic cargos and frequently reported shipping accidents, a global concern has emerged around the impacts that plastics may have on marine environments.
The Case for Public Participation in Multilateral Environmental Governance Forums
Public participation in decisions that affect human health and the environment is essential in a democracy, as this is crucial to ensure individuals’ right to engage in decision-making processes that impact their lives at local, national, and global levels.
Quezon City - The toxics watchdog group EcoWaste Coalition cautioned consumers against the purchase and use of three baby-related products (a baby bed sheet, a baby swimming float and a baby supplies bag), which are laden with phthalates way above the legal limit set for such chemical compounds in toys and childcare articles.
IPEN develops policy documents on the meeting agenda and emerging issues, as well as briefing papers, reports, and other materials.for each of he Plastics Treaty negotiating sessions. For the INC-5 meeting in Busan, Korea our materials include:
IPEN's reactions to the Chair's non paper;
IPEN Quick Views
Briefings on the industry's fake recycling math, why a "products only" approach will not protect health from toxic plastic chemicals, and how refuse derived fuel creates a hidden trade in plastic waste.
Our Plastic FAQs and briefing on how a Plastics Treaty can address hazardous plastic chemicals.
Find links to all of these reosurces and more on our INC-5 page.
IPEN members researched the situation in their countries around plastic waste fuels, also called refuse derived fuel or RDF. Below are country-based reports with the results from each project.
IPEN member EARTH in Thailand coordinated with plastic recycling workers, plastic waste workers, and workers in other settings, such as office settings or other settings without occupational exposures to plastic waste to assess their exposures to chemicals in plastics.
