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March 3, 2022

175 Countries Agree to Collectively Tackle Plastic Pollution Crisis
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Representatives of 175 nations have reached a historic agreement to
reduce pollution from plastic. Negotiators at the United Nations
Environment Assembly in Kenya agreed Wednesday to draft a new global
treaty that could ban single-use plastic, while promoting the
sustainable design of products and the reuse of materials. A recent U.N.
study found that unless nations limit waste, the weight of plastic
pollution in the world's oceans could exceed the weight of all the
world's fish within two decades.


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