United Nations efforts to advance a global treaty on plastic pollution echo past multilateral agreements that tackled ozone layer depletion and acid rain.
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Waste pickers want a say in how policies are designed and implemented.
Representatives of 175 countries voted to start developing a global treaty to reduce plastic waste. Treaties addressing mercury, long-range air pollution and ozone depletion offer some lessons.
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Professor of Law and Associate Dean for International Affairs, Wake Forest University
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Ending Plastic Waste Mission Director, CSIRO
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Waste Pickers Global Coordinator, WIEGO & Lecturer in Architecture, Design and Urbanism, Universidad de la República Uruguay
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CSIRO
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UKRI Future Leader Fellow, University of St Andrews