The first global "plastic restriction order" is coming

The first phase of the 5th UN Environment Assembly will be held in February 2021. This resumption will be the second phase. The general theme is "Strengthening Natural Actions to Achieve Sustainable Development Goals", focusing on plastic pollution, green recycling and Chemical waste management, etc. "This is a momentous moment in history," said Inge Annoson, executive director of the United Nations Environment Programme.

According to a report released by the United Nations Environment Programme in 2021, from 1950 to 2017, about 9.2 billion tons of plastics were produced globally, of which the recycling rate of plastics was less than 10%, and about 7 billion tons became plastic waste. It is estimated that by 2040, about 710 million tons of plastic waste will be discarded into the natural environment every year. The American "Science Advances" magazine warned that in 2050, there will be more than 13 billion tons of plastic waste on the earth, and the blue earth may become a "plastic planet".

"Currently, plastic pollution has become the focus of global environmental pollution after climate change, posing a great challenge to global sustainable development. Plastic pollution in oceans and other environments has the characteristics of cross-regional transfer, and any country and region will It is impossible to be alone, and all countries need to uphold the concept of a 'community with a shared future for mankind' and take extensive positive actions to jointly deal with it." Zhang Deyuan said.