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UNEA 5 Briefing Series: Plastic Neutrality and Credit [1]

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Date: 2023-06 

UNEA 5 Briefing Series: Plastic Neutrality and Credit - Plastic - 3 May 2022

As companies increasingly come under pressure to reduce plastic, some are using “plastic neutrality” and similar

credit schemes to claim that they are not contributing to plastic pollution. The global plastics treaty provides an important opportunity to officially discourage or ban the use of plastic credits before they become widespread. Doing so would avoid the incredible amount of regulatory oversight needs —both in the private and public sectors— to organize and manage international plastic credit markets. The collective efforts could be better spent on reducing plastic production rapidly.

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[1] Url: https://www.no-burn.org/resources/unea-5-briefing-series-plastic-neutrality-and-credit/

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