Chris Jahn, president and CEO of the American Chemistry Council (ACC), has sent US President Joe Biden a letter aimed at shaping the US government’s stance in upcoming negotiations on an international, legally binding treaty on plastic pollution, said Plasticsnews.
The letter recommends a set of key elements for inclusion in the agreement and requests a meeting to discuss priority issues in advance of the fourth session of the Intergovernmental Negotiating Committee (INC-4), which meets on April 23 in Ottawa, Canada under the auspices of the United Nations Environmental Program.
“The agreement has an opportunity to advance common-sense solutions that preserve the irreplaceable value plastics provide the world, maintain US competitiveness and keep plastics out of the environment,” said Ross Eisenberg, president of America’s Plastic Makers, part of ACC. “We are concerned that the negotiations are moving away from the original intent of the [UN Environment Assembly] 5/14 resolution to end plastic pollution and instead turning into an activist wish list to end plastic. We’re asking President Biden to meet with us to discuss practical ways we can eliminate plastic pollution through an effective agreement all countries can join that doesn’t eliminate the massive societal benefits plastics provide.”
The letter from Jahn says that an effective global agreement should include a requirement for globally harmonized measures that promote effective implementation of the agreement while recognizing national and local circumstances, national assessments and progress reports on plastic waste reduction, and mechanisms to accelerate the use of recycled plastics through public-private partnerships and blended finance.
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