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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 Plastikis Treaty, and 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 plastiki chemicals could effectivelybe regulated as “chemicals in plastiki products” even though toxic plastiki chemicals can be released during production, use, and 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.

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