Taxes, curbs on new plastic could slash pollution, study finds
25th November 2024
Researchers used artificial intelligence to pinpoint four new policies they say could reduce the amount of "mismanaged" plastic waste -- more likely to leak into the environment -- by over 90 percent by 2050.
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Under Secretary General of the United Nations and Executive Director of UNEP, Inger Andersen, holds up a letter from a child as she speaks during the opening of the Fifth session of UN Intergovernmental Negotiating Committee on Plastic Pollution (INC-5) in Busan on November 25, 2024. (AFP)
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Higher taxes and a controversial limit on virgin plastic production, are among a set of policies that could slash the amount