Plastic Pollution Treaty Negotiations
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•What to know about plastic pollution crisis as treaty talks conclude
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Every year , the world produces more than 400 million tons of new plastic.
The use of plastics has quadrupled over the past 30 years .
The United States supports having an article in the treaty that addresses supply, or plastic production.
Most of the world’s plastic goes to landfills, pollutes the environment or is burned.
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