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Plastics treaty — research must inform action

  1. Richard C. Thompson

    1. University of Plymouth, Plymouth, UK.

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  2. Sabine Pahl

    1. University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria.

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  3. Emenda Sembiring

    1. Bandung Institute of Technology, Bandung, Indonesia.

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Governments at this year’s United Nations Environment Assembly (UNEA-5.2) agreed to negotiate a legally binding treaty to end plastic pollution by 2024. We now need robust evidence on the effectiveness of, and trade-offs between, actions intended to reduce, reuse and recycle. We must also extend producer responsibility (see go.nature.com/3jfq9uc).

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Nature 608, 472 (2022)

doi: https://doi.org/10.1038/d41586-022-02201-0

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R.C.T. and S.P. have been involved as unpaid advisers on panels under the UN, such as UNEP.

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