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With a global plastics treaty still out of reach, experts say the region’s piecemeal bans on waste imports move the target without stemming the flow.
The changing climate is a major factor in the global increase of chronic inflammatory diseases, as examples in China are showing.
The plastics boom is being driven by fossil fuel and petrochemical giants banking on rising production of packaging, including for ready meals, found a new Greenpeace report, as governments negotiate informal talks for the United Nations Global Plastics Treaty this week.
The devolved government in West Sumatra province, which is home to 5.8 million people on Indonesia’s Sumatra Island, intends to present new zoning plans to the central government that could regulate currently illegal mines operated by small groups of people.
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