Plastics Treaty Negotiations in Ottawa
Plastics Treaty Negotiations in Ottawa Oil friendly nations and corporations, including the United States, are lobbying hard for voluntary reductions in plastic production, distribution and waste. At the same time, environmentalists and others who care deeply about human and environmental health are lobbying for stricter legislation and policies that face down the growing threat of doubling or tripling of plastic production in the next decades. Voluntary actions will no longer cut it. This is a ruse by corporations to continue their endless exploitation of fossil fuels for financial gain. We desperately need legislation that limits production and distribution of single use plastics with clear and accountable targets and goals Already the nation is dumping the equivalent of 2,000 trash trucks worth of plastic waste into our oceans and water ways. This in addition to the millions of tons of plastic waste already clogging our waters, fields, and even our bodies. However, major oil and