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Trois ans après l’adoption par la Convention de Bâle des amendements relatifs aux déchets plastiques entrés en vigueur en janvier 2021, le commerce international de déchets plastiques a évolué, mais reste une cause d’injustice environnementale. En effet, les communautés et les écosystèmes des pays importateurs subissent une part disproportionnée de la charge toxique causée lorsque des déchets plastiques importés sont déversés dans des décharges sauvages, brûlés ou recyclés dans des conditions qui nuisent à l’environnement.

Tres años después de que la COP14 del Convenio de Basilea adoptara las enmiendas sobre el comercio de residuos plásticos que entraron en vigor en enero de 2021, la situación del comercio mundial de residuos plásticos ha cambiado. Sin embargo, esto continúa siendo una fuente de injusticia ambiental, ya que las comunidades y los ecosistemas de los países importadores asumen una parte desproporcionada de la carga tóxica derivada del vertido, la quema y el reciclado no ecológico de los residuos plásticos.

Three years after the Basel Convention COP14 adopted the plastic waste trade amendments that came into force in January 2021, the global plastic waste trade has shifted but remains a cause of environmental injustice, with communities and ecosystems in importing countries bearing a disproportionate portion of the toxic burden associated with the dumping, burning and environmentally-unsound recycling of plastic waste.

 International, European, Italian and Tunisian environmental groups have joined in demanding the immediate return of 282 containers full of mixed municipal waste that were illegally exported from Italy’s Campania region to the Port of Sousse in Tunisia between May and July 2020. According to the environmental organizations, the exports violated European Union law, Tunisian law as well as international waste trade treaties — the Basel Convention, the Bamako Convention and the Izmir Protocol of the Barcelona Convention.

Desde los años 50, la producción mundial de plásticos aumentó más de 20 veces y todo indica que será duplicada en 2034, si no se toman medidas para regular el ciclo de vida completo desde la concepción y diseño de los productos plásticos.

¿Qué debe hacer el Tratado global de plásticos de la UNEA para controlar su ciclo de vida completo? ¿Qué pasa con el movimiento reciclador con el reconocimiento formal a su trabajo dentro del tratado?

Las falsas soluciones a la crisis de la contaminación por plástico. Más detalles sobre los negocios que pretenden acabar con la contaminación.

Cartilla informativa sobre el ciclo de vida del plástico y la crisis socio ambiental globalizada.

As companies increasingly come under pressure to reduce plastic, some are using "plastic neutrality" and similar
credit schemes to claim that they are not contributing to plastic pollution. The global plastics treaty provides an important opportunity to officially discourage or ban the use of plastic credits before they become widespread. Doing so would avoid the incredible amount of regulatory oversight needs —both in the private and public sectors— to organize and manage international plastic credit markets. The collective efforts could be better spent on reducing plastic production rapidly.

A transition from a plastic-reliant economy toward a circular zero waste economy requires effective mobilization
and allocation of financial resources. Public and private finance have distinct and intersecting roles to play in
supporting and scaling up innovations for waste prevention, redesign, alternative delivery and reuse systems as
well as improving existing waste collection and recycling systems.

Island communities face more challenges when confronted with the problems posed by single-use plastics. As a response to these challenges, GAIA Island communities face more challenges when confronted with the problems posed by single-use plastics. As a response to these challenges, GAIA Asia Pacific is launching this latest publication, Community Voices: Impacts of Single-Use Plastic Regulations on Philippine Coastal Communities. This highlights different experiences of waste management implementors from Siquijor, San Carlos, and Dumaguete City in implementing their single-use plastic regulations.

Extended producer responsibility (EPR) policies seek to improve the environmental and social performance of products by holding producers and brand owners accountable for the entire lifecycle of their products. The global plastics treaty must embed well-designed EPR policies in it, guiding producers to prioritize upstream solutions.