🔴🔴🔴MUST TO READ article : High-stakes #PlasticsTreaty negotiations expose the challenge of just transition in the plastics sector equaltimes.org/high-stakes-tr…

The Plastics &Biodiversity working group making an excellent point: ‘Ecosystems and biodiversity must be restored and protected from pollutants at all stages of the plastic life cycle’ #Biodiversity #Communities #PlasticsTreaty 👏👏👏 Fauna & Flora

It is appalling that this is happening today and is profoundly unacceptable. We have not only to shed a light on this criminal behaviour but the full weight of national and international police agencies need to arrest these criminals.

"A #PlasticsTreaty should foremost reduce plastics production,” Bergmann told ⁦USA TODAY⁩. “The science shows that this is the most effective & economic lever to reduce #plastic pollution." Ocean pollution cleanup starts by preventing plastic waste. usatoday.com/story/news/nat…

New Scientific Study Shows how #PlasticsPoison the #CircularEconomy “Plastics are produced with a staggering array of chemical compounds, with many being known to possess hazardous properties & others lacking comprehensive hazard data” #PlasticsTreaty interestingengineering.com/innovation/at-…

From symptom management to upstream prevention: The fallacy of plastic cleanup tech ‘ecological impacts […] affect biodiversity during collection & subsequent disposal in an era of accelerating extinction’ #PlasticsTreaty #INC3 ⁦Marine Plastics at Fauna & Flora⁩ cell.com/one-earth/full…

‘We can’t carry on’: the godfather of #microplastics on how to stop them | #Plastics | The Guardian #PlasticsTreaty theguardian.com/environment/20…

Today is the start of the third round of negotiations for a Global #PlasticsTreaty in Nairobi, Kenya. A comprehensive treaty could be a big step to address nurdle pollution Join us, in person at #INC3 to discuss pellet pollution and solutions on 14th November at 15:15-16:30 EAT

One of the things most #PlasticsTreaty stakeholders agree on at #INC3 is the importance of #IntersessionalWork 💪. So when does this work take place, what topics should be in it, and what’s happening with it at this INC? #BreakFreeFromPlastic Environmental Investigation Agency @ciel_Tweets 🧵 1/N

Today #INC3 ends in Nairobi, but in Northern #Kenya proactive community group Bahari Moja conducted a big beach clean showcasing the endless plastic pollution washing-up on the coast. Together they: 🩴Tackle plastic pollution 📢Raise awareness 🐢Protect #biodiversity See🧵👇

Pellets. All along the strand line of one of my favourite Cornish beaches right now. Unnecessarily. All eyes on you ⁦International Maritime Organization⁩ ⁦European Commission⁩ ⁦High Ambition Coalition to End Plastic Pollution⁩ ⁦Fauna & Flora⁩ Fidra⁩ ⁦Pew Environment⁩

⏰ Only 1 day until the ENVI Committee Press vote! The fate of our ocean rests in their hands. 📣 RT to urge European Parliament to adopt stronger measures to #BeatPelletPollution and set a global precedent. pew.org/3v5iCHs

‘The ocean can save us, but first we must save the ocean…It’s necessary for intergenerational sustainability’ Looking forward to all the Ocean discussions - and importantly, commitments to act - over the next couple days at the 9th #OurOcean2024 conference Fauna & Flora

‘Let’s finish the long overdue agreement on plastics. None of us should continue to be force fed a diet of microplastics’ - John Kerry, #OurOceanGreece We quite agree! Marine Plastics at Fauna & Flora #BreakFreeFromPlastic

A global opportunity to end plastic pellet pollution #PlasticsTreaty New primer by Fauna & Flora Fidra Environmental Investigation Agency explaining how the treaty can end this entirely preventable pollution #INC4 📄 Definition 💪Strengthening the text 👉Accessible here: bit.ly/4aUgJfT

A whole new take on plastic teabags…or should I say teabag #sachets at the #OurOcean conference…🫢 not sure this fits sustainable #plastic design/use criteria??

⬇️⬇️ DM me if you’d like to discuss further. More resources available on our website: wwwfauna-flora.org/plastics-treaty #PlasticsTreaty #INC4

‘8 companies alone are on track to use 30% of our remaining carbon budget to limit global temperature rise to 1.5°C’ Stark messages in this new publication from Oil Change International And alarming to see that industry expansion plans would set us on a 2.4°C warming trajectory….

BREAKING: The EU says YES to corporate justice! The due diligence law for corporate sustainability #CSDDD has officially been approved. It can help ensure more sustainable & responsible corporate behaviour throughout global value chains. Here are our takeaways and next steps⬇️

And they say better packaging isn’t needed to prevent #pellet losses during transport…clearly it is from these images! Preventing #pellet pollution is all about creating multiple layers of protection. Better Packaging is one of them Fauna & Flora International Maritime Organization Fidra