Stop making plastic, green activists demand at Busan meet

Category : Plastic pollution | Location : International  | Posted on 2022-09-22 08:48:41

Environmental activists held banners and placards at a waste conference in South Korea September 21, 2022, calling for plastic reduction and genuine solutions in addressing plastic pollution.

Activists from Break Free From Plastic, a global movement envisioning a future free from plastic pollution, demonstrated after a plenary session at the 7th International Marine Debris Conference (7IMDC), that is being held in Busan from September 18-23.

“To stop plastic pollution, the global plastics treaty must address how to stop plastic production including its harmful toxic additives,” Griffins Ochieng, executive director of the Centre for Environmental Justice and Development (CEJAD) Kenya, was quoted as saying in a press statement.

Fast moving consumer goods companies, such as Unilever, Nestle, Coca Cola and Pepsi, were prioritising investments in false solutions that allowed them to rely on single use plastics, Satyarupa Shekhar, Asia-Pacific regional coordinator of Break Free From Plastic, said.

Source: https://www.downtoearth.org.in/news/waste/stop-making-plastic-green-activists-demand-at-busan-meet-85049

“They engage third-party services to collect and dispose of plastic waste in cement kilns and incinerators, all the while making public statements that frame plastic pollution as a marine debris problem,” she noted.