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US-China researchers propose UN Global Plastics Treaty reporting framework

Researchers have identified a gap in the draft UN Global Plastics Treaty text, which does not require countries to report how much plastic they produce, which chemicals are used in its manufacture, or how much plastic pollution enters the environment. 

Published in Science, the paper has introduced a detailed, practical framework for standardized global reporting and accountability by researchers from the University of California, Santa Barbara (UCSB), and the University of California, Berkeley, US, along with Tsinghua University, China.

Douglas McCauley, director at UCSB’s Benioff Ocean Science Lab and co-author of the paper, tells Packaging Insights: “A standardized reporting system of the kind we propose would create more transparency and trust for the global packaging industry.”

US-China researchers propose UN Global Plastics Treaty reporting framework

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