The World Has One Big Chance to Fix Plastics
For a global plastics treaty to succeed, it will need to tamp down production—and recognize the lives and livelihoods that depend on plastic still.
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They’re harmful to health, environment, and human rights—and now poised to dominate this century as an unchecked cause of climate change.
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