UN Plastic Pollution Treaty Hopes to Cut Waste

Humans produce about 500 million tons of plastic waste every year. The United Nations is hoping to reduce that number. By focusing on recycling, reusing, and finding different materials, the UN says its plan could reduce plastic waste by 80% by 2040. Rwanda and Norway are leading coalitions to forge a treaty that limits the production of new plastics. The United States, Saudi Arabia and China would prefer the treaty to scale up recycling, not take down production.

[@NormanSummertonPig]

Or maybe the corporations could go back to 100% recyclable glass bottles instead of one-time-use plastic bottles that go wasted to landfills. Instead of holding these companies accountable they’re just going to impose more taxes and regulations on normal citizens instead of attacking the problem at the source

[@mv3240]

Also stop countries from dumping their waste directly into the oceans.

[@staticbuilds7613]

Most gets washed into the oceans from the rivers. This mostly comes from their world countries where there is less waste management. Floods cause the rubbish on the streets to wash into rivers and then the ocean. Not all but most is done this way. This is why the Ocean clean up is trying to clean and filter rivers more than the ocean. The main fix to this would be to stop junk from ending up in rivers. This however would be hard and almost impossible if you know the current state in a lot of third world countries

[@GlowingPie]

Especially China. I saw their seas with rubbish, this is disgusting :/

[@bbygrlpt2]

We need to produce less plastic as possible

[@Andy2x4]

Good news, but this should have done decades ago. Also, 20% by 2040 simply isn't good enough.

[@AlainnCorcaigh]

it's better to have a realistic target, therefore it looks better if the percent ends up higher. But even 20% will be hard to achieve

[@anthonyanthonymorones4226]

That’s a good thing and also keep the world going for our children and for our next children to come

[@eightchickens]

Should ban plastic except for medical-related items.

[@hopcfizl3671]

That's straight up delusional, imagine having only paper boxes, paper cases, paper electrical insulation. There's a plethora of things that make less waste if they're juat made durable instead of recyclable.

[@ieatplastic1756]

@@hopcfizl3671 I mean we did have a time before plastic so it’s not completely out there

[@hopcfizl3671]

@@ieatplastic1756 and it was because we didn't have plastic because things like cars were all metal, no electronics, all chaira wooden etc.

[@IdkElliot]

First also this seems like a good move but 1 country isn't enough to change the world

[@ivanexell-uz4mv]

It kinda is tho. I mean China and India have majority of world population. Therefore, they don’t use plastics, that puts it down sooo much

[@FDR-ww6xz]

1:32 The Green Paper refuses to join his brethren.

[@amethystAnge7]

👀

[@traceh4693]

Next Pixar film

[@promeneuzivotu117]

​@@traceh4693 Wall-e's new friend is interesting.

[@BubbaJoey01]

If only people who littered lived on their own planet... they hold the rest of us back and it isn't fair.

[@austinbevis4266]

It’s most important to just reduce plastic production. Recycling and reusing doesn’t help, they still produce micro plastics

[@devinglenn4788]

8%??!! How about 100%? Anything less is unacceptable

[@ProjectOcean259]

This will never stop. We use plastic for pretty much everything.

[@mactastic144]

What a great joke of an effort. Most plastic in the U.S. ends up in the landfill.

[@LoveHandle4890]

We just gotta find a way to transform it into useful things.

[@j2323j]

Facts

[@papayuki3590]

how about we use less plastics and more glass and cans for some of the stuff as well as increase real recycling as some seem to just throw it into the landfills right from the trucks that is to recycle them.

[@zeiglerandhylandaldc8818]

But yeah people need to recycle plastic

[@makutamon]

Just goes to show, we still got a long way to go.

[@200555280]

Both direction needed reduce usage by using alternatives without increasing costs and recycle what exists

[@chevyb0195]

I wish plastic was never created. Lol😂😂😂

[@samlightning7280]

…no, no you don’t. Just wish for better disposing methods but don’t wish for an great invention to never exist.

[@lynnjames6629]

Please get rid of ALL plastic‼️ We did without it in the past, and can do so again. 💯♻️❤️🌱🌎

[@thatguy5801]

Nothing will change, have you?

[@nicolaakuneme9024]

We should also do something about the garbage island in the pacific

[@wyattwyatt7088]

we need a change!.!.!.

[@SSJvegito501]

It's just an embarrassment that the USA is against this.

[@Suzerain123]

You could just make some biodegradable bottles

[@CooLGamEClip]

that is so stupid you don't solve any problem with a problem Without plastic, you also wouldn't be able to use electricity, there would be no plastic circuits to build your phone or computer. There would be no inexpensive adapters either.

[@cessnaslav8462]

Of course the US doesn't support actually solving the root cause of the problem.

[@sethisevilone02]

Can we also clean up the garbage packages in the ocean

[@j2323j]

You can’t stop it because the other side wants more sales more sales = more plastic

[@ChairmanTrump]

Capitalism created all this waste.

[@zeiglerandhylandaldc8818]

Lol I’m learning this at school

[@ieatplastic1756]

Just let me loose and I’ll clean it up

[@danleonhart1]

I've boiled my drinking water since the 80's. Today I use water filters. Only time I buy bottled water is when I travel.

[@j2323j]

You actually think your helping lol your credit card is plastic lmfao 🤣

[@stevenwendellnelson5228]

Please bow your head and say this prayer now 🙏 "Carry our prayers up to Gods throne, that the mercy of the Lord may quickly come and lay hold of the beast, the serpent of old, Satan and his demons, casting him in chains into the abyss, so that he can no longer seduce the nations. Thank you for everything CREATOR OF THE UNIVERSE, LORD GOD. Amen." 🙏🙏 If you can't look and remember the words, just read and pray them while you have your head bowed and your hands in front of your face 🙏☺ please say it now seriously 🙏🙏🙏🙏

[@Shimenjii]

No

[@danblues894]

And that way all plastic in the sea magically disappears

[@ftswarbill]

*Plastic Power Plants. We have the technology to open up power plants that burn old plastic to generate power while having almost zero emissions thanks to advancements in filters and chimneys. This is not a new concept but nobody wants to start making them which in itself is very strange seeing how there is so much FREE fuel laying around.* 🤔

[@SleepingLionUK]

I wear it.... adidas parley... I'm doin my bit!!

[@TamagoHead]

Just burn it in Garbage to Energy plants.

[@garycarpenter2980]

Look at all of this trash 🗑️ it should be recycled like it's supposed to I put my bottles and cans in separate bags everyone should doing it

[@Odd-Vegan-Singing-TFOL]

But poeple have jobs from plastic and fossil fuels, wanting to stop them is absolutely cruel and unethical.

[@samsuperman1988]

0:44 Shailene Woodley

[@averageyoutubeuser9995]

And then it will be pushed to 2050 and then 2060 up until we've already lost

[@mspitstoptoyou]

END SINGLE-USE PLASTICS!

[@marclebouthillier9937]

On one side of the ocean we recycle, but on the other they dump in the ocean.

[@K-ON_YuiHirasawa]

Ask china.. they make most of plastics, everywhere I go I see MADE IN CHINA..

[@mayurcaulleechurn3624]

Mayyr

[@kevinbogert9823]

Because if we don't do anything it ends up in our food.

[@sandybrown728]

😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭

[@KarismaProductions]

LOL

[@cynthiajones4332]

Inside watchers we all have eternal life. The question is where will you spend it. Jesus died on the cross for you. He who hears my word (JESUS) and believes in Him (GOD) who sent me will have eternal life! He will not be condemned, he has crossed over from dead to life. John 5:24