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'Imported plastic, which makes up most of Australia's plastic waste, is being
scrutinised as the nation joins a global "wake-up call" to end plastic
pollution.
Australia strictly regulates what waste products can be exported to other
nations to be recycled, but the federal government has signalled it is now
looking at plastic imports to Australia used by big brands for their products
and packaging.
Environment Minister Murray Watt confirmed Australia had joined 96 other
nations at the United Nations Ocean Conference in France to issue the "Nice
wake-up call" for an ambitious plastics treaty that would seek to end plastic
pollution and protect humans and the environment from its worst effects.
"With today's declaration, we witnessed a groundswell of movement with
countries focusing on plastic pollution and momentum building to finalise a
global treaty to end plastic pollution," Senator Watt said.
"We need to come together to agree a global treaty that tackles this problem
with measures across the full lifecycle of plastics — it's within our reach and
there isn’t a moment to lose.
"In our Pacific region, including on Australia's coastline and offshore
territories, we see the impacts of globally mismanaged plastics which are
killing marine life and washing up on shore."'
Cheers,
*** Xanni ***
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mailto:xanni@xanadu.net Andrew Pam
http://xanadu.com.au/ Chief Scientist, Xanadu
https://glasswings.com.au/ Partner, Glass Wings
https://sericyb.com.au/ Manager, Serious Cybernetics
