Global Plastics Treaty Failure

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Plastic Pollution

University of Cambridge

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Scientists warn of ‘invisible threat’ of microplastics as global treaty nears completion

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UN meets this week to finalise the Global Plastics Treaty , the first legally binding treaty to tackle plastic pollution.

Researchers warn that the agreement could fail to address one of the biggest threats to marine environments.

Legacy plastics, the billions of tonnes of waste already in the environment, will continue to break down into tiny particles called microplastics for decades or centuries .

These fragments contaminate oceans, land, and the air we breathe.

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