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 have agreed 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.